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Cambodia today reported its thirteenth human H5N1 avian flu case of the year, part of an overall acceleration of activity ...
The CDC declared the end of its emergency response to H5N1 avian flu as a health threat to humans, David Murray writes.
For months, bird flu was seemingly everywhere in the U.S.: news headlines reported the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza ...
H5N1 avian influenza has long been a concerning virus. Since its discovery in 1996 in waterfowl, bird flu has occasionally ...
Piles of dead crested terns are seen in the WA tourist town of Coral Bay, but what caused them to perish is yet to be ...
Norway's seabirds face mounting threats from climate change, fishing and disease. But a specially constructed 'hotel' in ...
In one of the top Arctic birding destinations in the world, environmental and health challenges are threatening some of the seabirds that are part of Norway’s unique coastal ecosystem.
Decreased milk production, death, and early removal from a single herd of adult dairy cows infected with the H5N1 strain of ...
A new paper from a team of Cornell University researchers shows that the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus causes ...
Avian influenza, or bird flu, is highly infectious in birds and usually fatal. While it doesn't spread to humans nearly as much, it has a high fatality rate.
Avian flu may affect many kinds of birds, but chickens are particularly susceptible. A dime-sized blob of chicken poop can kill all 300,000 chickens in a commercial coop, Barkley said.