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 ...

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The death of both eaglets at the North Fort Myers nest along Bayshore Drive is being investigated by the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife.

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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"This type of prevention can be very useful in controlling infection outbreaks and containing the bird flu pandemic," said an immunologist.

While the H5N1 bird flu keep spreading, the first reported H5N9 outbreak in the United States has been identified on a duck ...

Although cases of bird flu are surging among birds in the UK, the risk of the virus spreading to humans still remains extremely low. A bit of context about influenza explains why health protection ...

Terry Masear’s dedication to nursing hummingbirds back to health offers tidbits of wisdom about practicing empathy and living each moment to the fullest.

Farmers and bird keepers have been told to remain vigilant following an outbreak of bird flu, as MPs heard the virus is the “covid of the poultry industry”. At such a critical moment in US history, we ...

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The government is investigating a rare strain of avian flu, H5N9, detected on a duck farm in central California, according to ...