These pathogens threaten biodiversity, ecosystems and human health. The highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 is one of these emerging pathogens associated with environmental damage caused ...

In their paper posted on the bioRxiv preprint server, the group describes how chickens in a closed environment became infected with the H5N1 virus despite no contact with other chickens ...

Public officials said the H5N1 bird flu virus has been detected at four dairy farms in San Bernardino County. The risk of H5N1 infection remains “relatively low,” and no person-to-person ...

India has reported its first case of H5N1 avian influenza in domestic cats, raising concerns about the virus's potential spread to humans. The cases were identified in Madhya Pradesh’s ...

The H5N1 strain is particularly concerning due to its high mortality rate in birds and sporadic cases of transmission to humans. The virus spreads through direct contact with infected birds ...

Pasteurization is the only widely recognized method of killing H5N1, the virus that causes bird flu, in milk. However, pasteurization can be expensive and fewer than 50% of large dairy farms ...

Rats in Riverside County are the latest mammal species to be infected with H5N1 bird flu Identification of virus in rats raises concerns about potential infection pathways to people and their pets ...

What exactly is H5N1 influenza and what defines avian flu? Yoshi Kawaoka: H5N1 is a subtype of influenza A virus known for primarily infecting birds. It’s called H5N1 because of two surface ...

Scientists are now raising concerns about the virus mutating in mammals and its potential risk to humans. H5N1 is primarily an avian virus, but experts warn that mutations can allow it to infect ...

Bird flu watchers are concerned the possibility of long-distance transmission could lead to the virus reaching Australian and New Zealand islands. The deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza ...

coupled with interpolation of human H5N1 data, could help to unravel the ways in which cats may be part of the transmission chain of this promiscuous virus. Studies have identified that more than ...

One person in Louisiana died from the infection. It is not clear whether she was infected with the D1.1 version of the H5N1 virus, which is now widespread in wild birds, poultry and cattle herds ...