Since 2021, experts have seen bird flu — also called H5N1 influenza or highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) — spreading "fairly quickly" across the wild and domestic bird populations and, now, ...

The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) is an External Advisory Body that provides the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) with independent, ongoing, and timely medical, scientific, ...

Highly pathogenic H5N5 avian flu has been detected in a backyard poultry flock in Newfoundland and Labrador, according to ...

Analysis of the H5N5 virus detected in Maritime province showed that it was similar to the H5N5 one which had hit Canada in ...

Echoing results from earlier California investigations into H5N1 infections in domestic cats, an investigation by agriculture ...

Indeed, the French authorities have recently declared to WOAH that the HPAI H5N1 situation in the country’s poultry has been ...

The highly pathogenic avian influenza virus has caused over 150 million birds to be killed in the U.S. and human cases have ...

Egg farms have invested millions into biosecurity, but their efforts have not been enough to contain an outbreak that began ...

Avian influenza (AI) is a highly contagious viral disease affecting poultry and wild water birds, posing significant global challenges due to its high mortality rates and economic impacts. Highly ...

Bosnia has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, the World Organisation for Animal Health said on Tuesday, as a seasonal wave of the disease known as bird flu continues in ...

When H5N1 first came to the attention of infectious disease professionals 20 years ago, there was concern it could mutate and ...

In April 2024, as his first hens tested positive for the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus, Herbruck turned to the ...