UK on alert after H5N1 bird flu spills over to sheep in world-first
"Globally, we continue to see that mammals can be infected with avian influenza A (H5N1)," Meera Chand, Emerging Infection Lead at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), said in a statement. In the US, the Department of Agriculture has documented hundreds of infections in wild and captive mammals, from cats to bears, raccoons, and harbor seals.
The Bird Flu Virus Is Mutating Fast – And Scientists Say Our Vaccines May Not Be Enough
H5N1 influenza is evolving rapidly, weakening the effectiveness of existing antibodies and increasing its potential threat to humans. Scientists at UNC Charlotte and MIT used high-performance computational modeling to analyze thousands of viral protein-antibody interactions,
The UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) today announced the country's first avian flu detection in a ...
The Stearns County detection is the first in a Minnesota dairy herd so far this year. The same 620-cow herd also tested ...
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Bird flu has been detected in a single sheep for the first time in England, in an area where the disease had been confirmed ...
Safari Park, San Diego Zoo and SeaWorld have not seen any of the animals in their collections infected in the three years ...
Recent viral mutations have shown avian influenza’s adaptability to mammalian hosts, prompting infectious disease, animal ...
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