Avian influenza, also called avian flu or bird flu, is an illness that usually affects only birds. There are many different strains of avian flu: 16 H subtypes and 9 N subtypes. Only those labeled H5, ...

As cases of bird flu continue rising across dairy herds, researchers have developed a new mRNA vaccine to protect dairy calves from the H5N1 virus. The vaccine is currently under early testing and ...

Over the past 15 months, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed 70 human cases of bird flu across ...

The birds amassed fans, as legions of devotees follow along on webcams each spring as falcons progress from hatching to ...

US President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday canceled a $590 million contract with Moderna to develop an avian flu ...

During a call with U.S. doctors this month, one CDC official noted that there is a seasonality to bird flu: Cases peak in the fall and early winter, possibly due to the migration patterns of wild ...

The D1.1 variant is a strain of the H5N1 avian influenza that has previously only been reported in wild birds. The variant has recently infected dairy cattle and humans, including the Nevada adult ...

In December, a Nye County dairy cow became Nevada’s first positive case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in cattle. And on February 10, the Central Nevada Health District (CNHD) confirmed ...

The Arizona Department of Agriculture (AZDA) recently confirmed the first bird flu genotype D1.1 ... was found in Nevada dairy cattle Jan. 31. All previous detections in dairy cattle were a ...

Bird flu is continuing to spread across the U.S ... there were no mutations found in the D1.1 strain that infected Nevada cattle. "No mutations… were detected, which would allow it to more ...

A second subtype of H5 bird flu, known as D1.1, was detected in dairy cattle and infected one worker in the US state of Nevada. Will it spread further among people? What you need to know On ...

A new type of bird flu has been detected in a human dairy worker in Nevada. This strain is different ... is to reveal how quickly we go from cattle infections to human spillover." ...