The teenager who is sick with the first-ever human case of avian influenza acquired in Canada is in hospital in critical ...

No FDA-approved rapid tests exist that specifically test for H5N1, and the first near-point-of-care test for mpox was ...

A teenager in British Columbia, Canada has been hospitalized with a presumed case of H5N1 bird flu, the first detected human ...

A person has tested positive in British Columbia, Canadian health officials said, though the results must be sent to another ...

A year after an outbreak of H5N1 killed thousands of elephant seals, only about a third of the seals normally expected here ...

H5N1 Virus Isolated from Infected Dairy Worker Is 100% Lethal in Ferrets, but Does Not Appear to Be Circulating in Nature Anymore Oct. 28, 2024 — A strain of H5N1 avian influenza virus found in ...

Oct. 28, 2024 — 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, ... Aug. 19, 2024 — The ...

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

Rising H5N1 bird flu cases in the U.S. prompted the CDC to study the virus in ferrets, revealing it may have the potential to ...

Although travel restrictions and social measures during the COVID-19 pandemic led to a dramatic global drop in seasonal influenza cases, certain influenza lineages in specific regions kept the virus ...

Pigs can be infected with multiple types of flu, and the animals can play a role in making bird viruses better adapted to ...