However, the discovery of this strain raises concern about the H5N1 strains of bird flu currently circulating in the United States: the virus’s rapid mutation when it infects a new host species.

The current surgery in the highly infectious H5N1 Virus infections in the United States has raised questions about bird flu turning into another COVID-like pandemic in the upcoming days.

After a year of rising bird flu cases among people in the United States, researchers are keeping a watchful eye on the H5N1 virus to slow further spread. Since early 2024, the country has recorded ...

Bird Flu outbreak in United States: The United States has reported its first death due to bird flu. The man who hails from Louisiana was hospitalised with a severe case of bird flu. According to a ...

A total of 65 other people in the United States ... avian influenza” (HPAI), which refers to a strain of H5N1 that’s especially likely to cause disease. Meanwhile, the virus was first detected ...

The first severe case of bird flu in the U.S. is showing signs of mutation, stoking fears that the virus could become ... cases of bird flu across the United States as of Friday, although the ...

"The Chinese poultry lineage may have experienced more vaccine-driven selection compared to other lineages," the researchers ...

A Louisiana man has become the first person in the United States to die of avian influenza, state health officials reported Monday. The patient, who was older than 65 and had underlying medical ...

Panel A shows the number of human cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection in the United States according to date of illness onset and exposure type; the 46 cases were ...

Another virus on the rise in the United States is the bird flu, with confirmed human cases in 10 states. Over half of those cases were reported in California. People with occupations where they ...

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 ...