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In a Policy Forum, Erin Sorrell and colleagues – a coalition of virologists, veterinarians, and health security experts – ...
The Arizona Department of Agriculture, working closely with the USDA detected a strain of avian influenza in milk in Maricopa ...
As cases of H5N1, also known as avian flu or bird flu, continue to surface across the U.S., safety precautions are ramping up. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced ...
Avian influenza isn't new to Arizona, but it may be the first time in several years Valley citizens are hearing about the disease. Anne Justice-Allen, state wildlife veterinarian for Arizona Game ...
The avian flu killed 1,101 adult Caspian terns and 520 chicks in 2023 in a large breeding colony on Rat Island in Washington state. Researchers estimate that as much as 10%–14% of terns in the ...
Health experts warn of another potential pandemic due to the H5N1 avian flu. The virus, impacting birds and mammals, has spread across the U.S. and resulted in significant poultry losses.
Avian influenza viruses occur naturally among wild aquatic birds such as ducks, geese, gulls, swans and others, according to the CDC. The highly contagious virus can spread to chickens, ducks ...
This story originally appeared in the Idaho Press. Thousands of wild birds have died recently in the Treasure Valley because of avian flu, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game announced Wednesday ...
The avian flu has now reached four African countries. March 13, 2006 - The avian flu is confirmed by officials in Myanmar. May 11, 2006 - Djibouti announces its first cases of H5N1 - several birds ...
A subtype of bird flu caused by avian influenza A (H5) virus has been spreading worldwide in wild birds with a few outbreaks in poultry, dairy cows and other mammals across the United States ...
BOISE, Idaho — This story originally appeared in the Idaho Press. Thousands of wild birds have died recently in the Treasure Valley because of avian flu, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game ...