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The public health threat from H5N1 — the avian influenza A virus that is currently infecting dairy cows, poultry and other animals in the United States — is low. But we should continue to expect ...

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When the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced in late March that dairy cattle in three states had been sickened by H5N1 — a virulent and often deadly disease known scientifically as highly ...

Helen Branswell, STAT’s infectious disease reporter, has been writing about H5N1 bird flu for 20 years. If you’re aware of the H5N1 bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cattle — you may have seen ...

In the past 30 days, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) has confirmed the presence of HPAI (H5N1) in 12 dairy herds in three states. Access the ...

Australia is the only continent which remains free of the highly spreadable strain of avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1, and authorities fear birds migrating to the country’s shores during springtime ...

With the arrival of millions of migratory birds this spring, there is an increased risk of a deadly strain arriving in Australia, known as highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1.

Australia is currently the only continent which hasn’t reported cases of the high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) strain H5N1, with authorities on high alert after 16 egg and poultry farms ...

Australia is the only continent without the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, which causes severe disease and high mortality in bird populations. No cases of H5N1 have been detected in Australia yet ...