The H5N9 strain of avian influenza is much more rare than the H5N1 which has been responsible for most of the reported human ...

The United States has reported its first outbreak of H5N9 bird flu on a duck farm in California, according to the World ...

H5N1 first human death was reported in USA. Since then, health authorities have been monitoring and cases and shave sounded ...

Suresh Mittal, Distinguished Professor of Virology in the College of Veterinary Medicine, presented “Universal Influenza Vaccine — An Aspiration or Reality?” at the Westwood Lecture Series on Jan. 28.

H5N9 is a strain of the H5N1, H7N9, and H9N2 bird flu virus subtypes, according to the National Institute of Health, but far less common. The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service ...

it is a reassortant virus combining elements from H5N1, H7N9, and H9N2 subtypes. Scientists are studying whether this strain could potentially infect humans or lead to a pandemic. Federal and ...

The first positive HPAI case in Pennsylvania was found within a Lehigh County commercial layer chicken flock, according to ...

Avian influenza, commonly termed “bird flu”, is caused by the avian influenza virus A. This virus is usually found in wild ...

With confirmation of a new highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) farm outbreak an almost daily occurrence in Japan over the past few weeks, fears are being voiced about a looming egg shortage in ...

The same year, 24 cases of LPAI H9N2 virus were identified in China in both adults and children - and there was one death. The UK has also had cases - in January 2022 an 80-year-old man who raised ...