H5N9 is “not commonly seen in poultry in general,” says Eman Anis, assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. (Anis is part of a lab that conducts national ...

A new strain of bird flu has been detected on a duck farm in California. The World Organisation for Animal Health reported ...

And now, there’s been a reported outbreak in the U.S. of another strain of avian influenza, H5N9. This H5N9 outbreak occurred on a duck farm in Merced, California, and has been reported to the ...

The virus, called highly pathogenic H5N9, is a type of avian influenza, otherwise known as "bird flu." This is not the same type of bird flu that's already been spreading on dairy cow and poultry ...

New strain of bird flu detected in California as H5N9 detected on a duck farm in Merced County, California, David Murray ...

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. Bird flu originated as a common ...

In late January, scientists at the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) reported the first cases of H5N9 avian influenza in the U.S., on a duck farm in California. The latest strain isn’t ...