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What is H5N1? As virus spreads across the nation, experts warn of potential pandemic
Bird flu, also known as H5N1, has been around for decades. But a 2024 discovery came as a surprise to public health experts.
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Bird Flu Vaccine for Cows Passes Early Test
As bird flu sweeps across US poultry and cattle farms, researchers are racing to find ways to contain the outbreaks before ...
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What makes H5N1 a pandemic risk and how can we stop it?
A new PEARLS article in PLoS Pathogens reviews the rapid evolution and pandemic potential of emerging influenza A viruses, ...
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Everything You Need to Know About Bird Flu
How dangerous is it? Where did it come from? H5N1 influenza’s origins stretch back to the 1990s, and key events paved the way ...
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Virologists Warn Of H5N1 Bird Flu Pandemic
While only a handful of human infections have occurred so far, the report said that the virus had a staggering mortality rate ...
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South Africa Halts Poultry Imports from Brazil Amid H5N1 Bird Flu Outbreak
The outbreak was detected on 15 May 2025 in breeding chickens at a commercial poultry farm located in the municipality of ...
The deadly H5N1 bird flu has jumped species in Antarctica. It's getting closer to 'pandemic potential'
Australia is surrounded by the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu. And it is morphing as sea animals and birds bring it ever closer to these shores.
Genetic test to reveal whether Brazil's bird flu case is linked to zoo deaths
Brazilian authorities hope to determine by Tuesday whether a confirmed outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza among ...
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Can’t pasteurize? There’s another way to kill bird flu
In laboratory trials, the researchers proved that using citric acid to acidify milk to a pH of 4.1 to 4.2 inactivates the ...
The US hasn’t seen a human bird flu case in three months. Experts are wondering why.
Health officials are making a renewed call for vigilance against bird flu, but some experts are puzzling over why reports of ...