First U.S. detection of virulent H5N9 strain, at a California duck farm, draws scrutiny as evidence of genetic reassortment ...

Viral RNA (vRNA): The RNA segments that make up the genome of the influenza A virus. Genetic reassortment: The process by which two or more different strains of a virus exchange genetic material ...

The Bloomberg School for Public Health at Johns Hopkins University noted that some health officials have concerns about bird ...

Detected on a duck farm in Merced County, California, it’s the first confirmed case of H5N9 in poultry in the US. Read more ...

A new strain of H5N9 bird flu was detected at a commercial duck operation in California's Merced County. All the ducks were ...

Two European regulators said on Wednesday they were tracking variants of the avian influenza virus due to the threat of the pathogen adapting to spread between humans and triggering future pandemics, ...

While the H5N1 bird flu keep spreading, there has been for the first time ever a reported H5N9 outbreak in the United States. This occurred on a duck farm in California ...

A US government memo ordering a halt to communication with global health bodies has concerned scientists as a strain of bird ...

A team of virologists, infectious disease specialists and pathobiologists affiliated with several institutions in China and ...

Bird flu poses an increasing pandemic threat as it becomes more adaptive, jumping to humans, pets and zoo animals, Europe’s disease and food agencies warned on Wednesday. They are urging countries to ...

It may sound like something out of a sci-fi flick, but it’s possible for H5N1 to swap genetic material with a human seasonal flu virus and spawn a new form of influenza with pandemic potential.

If bird flu is lurking undetected on Minnesota’s dairy farms, the state is determined to find it. Starting in February, milk ...