The infected goose, part of a rare and threatened species, was found deceased in an off-exhibit area of the zoo earlier this ...

So far there’s been only one reported human case of bird flu in Texas this year in April and 46 total in the U.S., according ...

Influenza virus is an infectious agent belonging to the virus family Orthomyxoviridae that causes a respiratory tract infection (influenza or 'flu') in vertebrates. There are three main species ...

28, 2024 — A strain of H5N1 avian influenza virus found in a Texas dairy worker who was infected this spring ... virus needs to mutate to cross the species barrier and to infect and replicate ...

H5N1 Virus Isolated from Infected Dairy Worker Is 100 ... Aug. 19, 2024 — The avian influenza virus needs to mutate to cross the species barrier and to infect and replicate within mammalian ...

The infected pig likely contracted the virus through ... and mitigate any risks posed by the cross-species transmission of ...

A red-breasted goose at the Woodland Park Zoo has died from the first suspected case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza ...

Oregon confirms its first human bird flu case, the latest in dozens of cases in the U.S. this year. Experts discuss the ...

The first possible human avian influenza infection might be in Washington ... H5N1 viruses can also infect other species of birds — and occasionally mammals — and can cause significant ...

Sometimes these mutations allow the viruses to more easily infect and spread among new species ... this virus did not have a ...

Of the 15 HPAI flock infections to be confirmed in Canada since the outbreak resumed in October, 14 have been in British ...