The virus, which scientists call H5N1, has spread like wildfire around the globe in recent years, surprising and horrifying ...

H5N1 avian influenza has long been a concerning virus. Since its discovery in 1996 in waterfowl, bird flu has occasionally ...

An avian flu panzootic — a pandemic among animals — has struck hundreds of bird and mammal species, including elephant seals. January 15, 2024 More than 1 year ago 9 min ...

The H5N1 avian flu is circulating in cows and other mammals. Whether it will make a permanent leap to humans is another ...

The avian influenza A H3N8 virus that killed harbor seals along the New England coast can spread through respiratory droplets and poses a threat to humans, scientists have found. The findings ...

No seals tested positive for avian influenza during the first wave of bird infections. But during the summer stranding event, 19 of 41 seals tested positive.

Harbor seals keep watch from a small island off Portland, Maine, in July 2020. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP) Avian influenza is killing tens of thousands of seals and sea lions in different corners of the ...

The deaths of dozens of seals off the coast of Maine has been deemed an "unusual mortality event," sparking a federal investigation into strandings that appear linked to avian influenza. The seal ...

In 2014, an avian influenza virus caused an outbreak in harbor and gray seals in northern Europe, killing over 10% of the population. In a study appearing October 7 in the journal Cell Host ...

Avian influenza is killing tens of thousands of seals and sea lions in ... Maine, in this Sept. 15, 2020 file photo. Seal die-offs from the bird flu have been detected everywhere from New ...

Avian influenza is killing tens of thousands of seals and sea lions in different corners of the world, disrupting ecosystems and flummoxing scientists who don’t see a clear way to slow the ...