What Happens Next. While no human cases of H5N9 have been reported in the U.S., infections from bird flu strains are on the ...

H5N9 has been seen before in U.S. birds, but often it results in less severe symptoms, called "low pathogenic avian influenza" by veterinarians. "H5N9 viruses have been detected in North American ...

Vohra explains what we know about bird flu, both the H5N1 and H5N9 variants, and the precautions we can take to prevent it from becoming a public health emergency. What is bird flu? Bird flu ...

A new strain of bird flu has been detected on a duck farm in California. The World Organisation for Animal Health reported the outbreak of the new strain, H5N9, earlier this week.

Here's what to know. Why bird flu is so rampant right now “We’ve never seen a global spread of avian influenza virus like this,” says Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious ...

H5N9 is a rare subtype of the influenza A virus that can cause highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), also known as bird flu. It's a reassortment strain that originated from the H5N1, H7N9, and ...

In today’s Health Alert, a new strain of bird flu - H5N9 - has been detected in the U.S. The first confirmed case was found at a commercial duck farm in California.

A new strain of bird flu — H5N9 — has been detected in California’s Merced County at a commercial duck operation. According to the World Organization for Animal Health — an international ...

H5N9 is different from H5N1, though both are known as bird flu. Two strains of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) have been responsible for millions of cow and poultry deaths in the United ...