“This H7N9 virus is a fully North American (AM) virus of wild bird-origin and is unrelated to the Eurasian H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b virus currently circulating in the United States,” the MBAH said ...

“This H7N9 virus is a fully North American (AM) virus of wild bird-origin and is unrelated to the Eurasian H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b virus currently circulating in the United States,” the MBAH said ...

The strain is known as the “Eurasian H5N1 strain.” The strain is unusually deadly for wild birds when compared with other strains of its kind, according to the Arizona Game and Fish Department.

Here's what to know. Bird flu, also known as H5N1, has been around for decades. But the discovery in 2024 that the virus spread from wild birds to cows came as a surprise to public health experts, ...

The current strain, called Eurasian H5N1, has proved to be deadly for wild birds, killing bald eagles, great horned owls, Canadian geese, snow geese and other wild birds. The virus has been ...

H5N1 has been the dominant grouping of strains fueling this past year's outbreaks in the U.S., with different variants of that virus spreading in wild birds, poultry flocks, dairy cattle ...

Editor's note: This is a developing story and will be updated. A bird flu virus called H5N1 recently infected animals that it had never been seen in before: goats and cows. Now, it's suspected ...

Los Angeles County health officials are investigating a case of three cats presumed to have H5N1 bird flu County officials confirmed the disease in two other cats who drank recalled raw milk and ...

Although U.S. health officers have repeatedly assured Americans that H5N1 bird flu poses little risk to their well-being, some experts have become increasingly critical of what they see as the ...

This is the first outbreak of highly pathogenic H7N9 in commercial poultry in the US since 2017, when two farms in Tennessee ...

Experts warn about the possibility of a new pandemic in 2025 as the H5N1 bird flu virus spreads across all 50 states, impacting US dairy farms and leading to human infections. Here's what to know.