Recent H5N1 bird flu variants show increased ability to infect dairy cattle

The H5N1 avian influenza virus—commonly known as bird flu—has been causing outbreaks in dairy cows in the United States since ...

First avian flu case detected on Kauai

Multiple state agencies are on alert after the first case of avian flu was found on Kauai in an endangered native duck that ...

State agencies respond to third possible case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Hawaii

Three state agencies remain on alert after a third possible case of avian influenza was found in a wild bird, this time in an ...
Maui Now

Third possible case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza detected in Hawaiʻi

A Koloa Maoli (Hawaiian duck) was found sick on Nov. 26 at the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s Hanalei National Wildlife ...
The New York Times

Inside the Bird-Flu Vaccine Trial for Monk Seals

After the virus returned to Hawaii this fall, testing the shots in the endangered seal species became urgent. After the virus returned to Hawaii this fall, testing the shots in the endangered seal ...
Phys.org

H5N1 variant has made its way to an Australian subantarctic island

On Heard Island, a remote Australian subantarctic island some 4,000 km southwest of Perth, scientists were concerned after observing high mortality rates in the elephant seal population. The cause of ...
Science Daily

Bird flu’s surprising heat tolerance has scientists worried

Researchers discovered why bird flu can survive temperatures that stop human flu in its tracks. A key gene, PB1, gives avian viruses the ability to replicate even at fever-level heat. Mice experiments ...
Reuters

Bird flu virus could risk pandemic worse than COVID if it mutates, France's Institut Pasteur says

PARIS, Nov 27 (Reuters) - The bird flu virus that has been spreading among wild birds, poultry and mammals could lead to a pandemic worse than COVID-19 if it mutates to transmit between humans, the ...
FoodNavigator

Poultry sector on high alert as bird flu spikes in Europe

Cases of avian influenza, also known as bird flu, are the highest they’ve been in almost a decade. Between September 6 and November 14, 1,443 avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5) viruses were detected in wild ...
Medical Xpress

First human bird-flu death from H5N5L: What you need to know

H5N1 bird flu has infected growing numbers of people worldwide in recent years, but this week saw something new: the first recorded human case of an H5N5 avian influenza virus. What is this virus and ...
Civil Eats

What the Rise in Bird Flu Means

• Pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been rapidly increasing and evolving in commercial poultry flocks and dairy herds over the past three years, and is now deeply entrenched. • The United States ...
Channel 3000

Bird flu case confirmed in goose in Rock County

JANESVILLE, Wis. -- A goose in Rock County contracted bird flu, Rock County Public Health (RCPH) said Monday. RCPH said it was notified of the positive test by the Wisconsin Department of Health ...