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Bird Flu Outbreak In US: The H5N1 Influenza Virus Is Mutating Fast, Existing Vaccines May Not Be Enough, Warns Expert
The United States is facing a growing threat from the H5N1 bird flu outbreak. Scientists are concerned that existing vaccines ...
The Bird Flu Virus Is Mutating Fast – And Scientists Say Our Vaccines May Not Be Enough
H5N1 influenza is evolving rapidly, weakening the effectiveness of existing antibodies and increasing its potential threat to ...
Bird flu has decimated flocks — but not at San Diego zoos. Here’s how they keep condors, penguins and more safe.
Safari Park, San Diego Zoo and SeaWorld have not seen any of the animals in their collections infected in the three years ...
What It Really Means to ‘Give Infectious Disease a Break’
That era might now be over. In recent years, the U.S. had already begun to neglect its public-health infrastructure, ...
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Bird flu in SD: Millions of birds dead, worry shifts to humans
Outbreaks of avian influenza, also known as the H5N1 virus, have led to the killing of millions of turkeys, chickens and ...
Heeding the lessons of COVID-19 in the face of avian influenza
Infectious disease outbreaks have a bad habit of piling on at the worst possible times. The 1918 flu pandemic, also known as the Spanish flu, caught the world by surprise just as the First World War ...
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What the World’s First Case of Bird Flu in Sheep Means for the Virus’s Spread
The detection of bird flu in a sheep is another sign that the H5N1 virus is adapting to hop to new hosts ...
Bird Flu Found in Sheep in U.K., a World First
The H5N1 virus was detected in a single animal in Yorkshire, the British government said on Monday. It added that the risk to humans remained very low.
Bird flu found in Minnesota dairy herd for first time since last summer
It’s the second reported H5N1 infection for the affected Stearns County farm.