In today’s Health Alert, a new strain of bird flu - H5N9 - has been detected in the U.S. The first confirmed case was found ...

A newly identified strain of bird flu, H5N9, discovered at a California duck farm, has prompted concerns about the possibility of a larger outbreak, The Washington Post reported Jan. 29. Health ...

This latest outbreak is part of a broader epizootic that has swept across the United States, affecting not only poultry but ...

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US officials are investigating the appearance of a strain of bird flu identified in the US for the first time, a worrying ...

Bird flu pops up every year in the same way that flu season does for humans. Each time there's a different strain as ...

Bird flu, also called avian influenza, is a virus that primarily impacts poultry flocks. It is usually passed onto them by ...

A pandemic is not inevitable, scientists say. But the outbreak has passed worrisome milestones in recent weeks, including ...

Latest data shows which counties have been hardest hit by bird flu outbreaks among poultry flocks as the human case count ...