The California duck farm's strain of H5N9 is different from those earlier cases because this time it is closely related to a newer variant of the H5N1 virus. That variant is called H5N1 D1.1, the USDA ...
H5N9 is “not commonly seen in poultry in general,” says Eman Anis, assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania ...
In a troubling development, the highly pathogenic H5N9 avian flu has been detected in U.S. poultry for the first time. The outbreak occurred at a duck meat farm in Merced County, California, in ...
We talked to experts about where the science is on risks to humans and how the virus is messing with the food supply.
Poultry flocks infected with bird flu are culled to prevent the spread of the virus whereas culling wild birds is generally ...
The woman had a backyard flock of chickens that got sick and died, a CDC spokesperson said Saturday. The state health ...
The Trump administration would do well to follow the lead of Maryland, which is taking decisive action to stop the spread of ...
New strain of bird flu detected in California as H5N9 detected on a duck farm in Merced County, California, David Murray ...
H5N9 has the potential to be more virulent for birds and other farm animals, but it is important to know that it does not pose any greater risk to humans, says Rais Vohra, MD, professor at UC San ...
There has not been a confirmed case of human bird flu in Tulare County since Dec. 10, according to the Tulare County Health & ...
U.S. health officials announced that a new strain of avian flu, H5N9, was discovered on a duck farm in Merced County, California. They quarantined the farm and ...