New CDC research suggests that a small but significant percentage of dairy farmers working near infected cows have recently ...

A teenager diagnosed with bird flu in British Columbia is the first domestically acquired human case of H5N1 avian influenza, ...

According to senior virologist Gagandeep Kang, who’s associated with the department of gastroenterology at the Christian Medical College (CMC) in Vellore, H5N1 cases rarely transmit to humans.

It's not new: highly pathogenic bird flu H5N1 was discovered more than 20 years ago and there have been outbreaks in different parts of the world. However the global spread has deepened since 2020 ...

Citation: H5N1 virus isolated from infected dairy worker is 100% lethal in ferrets, but does not appear to be circulating anymore (2024, October 28) retrieved 14 November 2024 from https ...

What do we know about the H5N1 virus and how worried should we be? Bird flu is a disease caused by a virus that infects birds and sometimes other animals, such as foxes, seals and otters.

A teenager diagnosed with bird flu in British Columbia is the first domestically acquired human case of H5N1 avian influenza, the Public Health Agency of Canada says. Since Influenza A or flu ...

A strain of H5N1 avian influenza virus found in a Texas dairy worker who was infected this spring was able to spread among ferrets through the air, although inefficiently, and killed 100% of ...