Avian Influenza Virus H9N2

UK detects bird flu in sheep

Scientific American · 14h

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

Reuters · 23h

Bird flu spreads to mammals, fears of human transmission

Highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has increasingly spread to mammals and infected hundreds of people, raising concerns that it may lead to human-to-human transmission and turn into a new pandemic.

Seattle Times · 18h

Bird flu found in sheep in U.K., a world first

While bird flu had already been detected in cattle and other mammals, including in the U.S., the infection of a sheep will increase concern over the disease’s spread.

Medscape1d

Avian Influenza: What Infectious Disease Physicians Need to Know

Recent viral mutations have shown avian influenza’s adaptability to mammalian hosts, prompting infectious disease, animal ...

Smithsonian Magazine on MSN7d

Avian Flu Is Rapidly Spreading Across Antarctica

Avian flu has wreaked havoc in other parts of the world. According to the World Organization for Animal Health, the United ...

Science Daily3d

Influenza News

Backyard Poultry Face Bird Flu Risk When Migrating Mallards Stop to Rest Feb. 24, 2025 — Knowing where, when and for how long mallard ducks -- natural carriers of avian influenza -- stop and ...

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Current antivirals don't work well against H5N1 avian influenza virus in cows' milk, scientists find

As the H5N1 avian influenza outbreak continues, scientists are working to better understand the virus's threat to human ...

Would Connecticut be ready for an avian flu pandemic?

Most of those infections have been seen in wild bird populations, with two known instances of backyard poultry flocks ...

UK detects bird flu in sheep for the first time

The first UK H5N1-type bird flu case in sheep has been confirmed in Yorkshire as authorities intensify efforts to avoid the mass outbreaks of the disease seen in US livestock. The infection was ...

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Bird flu detected in a Minnesota dairy herd for the first time this year

The Stearns County detection is the first in a Minnesota dairy herd so far this year. The same 620-cow herd also tested ...

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