How are H5N9 and H5N1 different? What to know after California bird flu outbreak
The California duck farm's strain of H5N9 is different from those earlier cases because this time it is closely related to a newer variant of the H5N1 virus. That variant is called H5N1 D1.1, the USDA spokesperson said, which has emerged over the past year to dominate U.S. cases in wild birds and poultry.
Experts say our cities have a valuable tool that can help us keep better tabs on the virus: sewage. While wastewater already ...
Both H5N9 and H5N1 were detected at the duck farm in Merced County, according to tests conducted by the US Department of ...
US officials are investigating the appearance of a strain of bird flu identified in the US for the first time, a worrying ...
A decade-old bird flu strain, H5N9, has surfaced in US poultry for the first time, detected in a California duck farm.
The H5N1 virus has a ways to go before it can successfully jump to humans but that it doesn’t reduce the threat it poses.
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