B.C. health officials say they have detected Canada's first-ever case of H5 avian influenza in a human. In a news release ...

A new study found that a small but not insignificant number of bird flu infections are going undetected among farm workers ...

Aug. 19, 2024 — The avian influenza virus needs to mutate to cross the species barrier and to infect and replicate within mammalian cells. Scientists have now deciphered the structure of the ...

CDC expands testing for farm workers exposed to bird flu CDC recommends Tamiflu and protective gear for high-risk workers CDC ...

Federal officials said Thursday that farmworkers exposed to bird flu should be tested for the virus even if they are not ...

Reassortment gave rise to the virus behind the 2009 swine flu pandemic. Public health laboratories are testing for H5N1 in people exposed to infected animals, such as cows and birds, and people ...

The CDC study provides the largest window to date into how the bird virus first detected in March in dairy cows may be ...

The recent detection on an Oregon farm raises the risk of the influenza virus acquiring mutations that lead to a pandemic ...

Scientists have now deciphered the structure of the avian influenza virus's ... Sep. 4, 2024 — As the global threat of H5N1 influenza looms with outbreaks across species and continents including ...

A case of H5N1 bird flu was confirmed in a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the virus in swine in the country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. Pigs represent a ...

The Reserve Bank of Australia is still lagging its American counterpart, with no indication it is close to beginning its rate ...

Bird flu has been found in at least one pig at a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the H5N1 virus in swine in the United States, the U.S. Agriculture Department said Wednesday.