A prophylactic antibody-based immune therapy protects monkeys against severe disease caused by H5N1 avian flu, University of Pittsburgh and NIH Vaccine Research Center researchers report today in ...

The CDC and MDH are advising health care providers to order further laboratory testing on positive influenza A specimens ...

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has issued a new health advisory, guiding providers to test for avian influenza ... concerns that the non-seasonal H5N1 bird flu, which is a type of ...

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 ...

H5N1 infection requires a rapid response because domestic poultry mortality rates exceed 90 percent. Last weekend, 60 geese, swans, and ducks were found dead in Plymouth, Massachusetts ...

Samples from each of Minnesota's 1,625 permitted dairy farms will undergo testing once a month for H5N1, the virus commonly known as bird flu. (Elizabeth Flores/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

By Apoorva Mandavilli Apoorva Mandavilli covered the Covid-19 and mpox outbreaks, and has tracked the spread of H5N1 since 2003 ... obscuring rapid or easy detection,” Dr. Moncla said.

The Centers for Disease Control announced the first human death from H5N1 avian flu or "bird flu" in the United States on Jan. 6 -- and the illness continues to spread. In a Jan. 6 news release ...

So far, bird flu outbreaks in the U.S. have been from a strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) called H5N1. That strain has been responsible for all the egg shortages and infections in ...

"Cats (domestic and large felids) in particular can experience severe illness or death from infection with H5N1. Dogs can also contract H5N1, although they usually exhibit mild clinical signs and ...