The detection of bird flu in a sheep is another sign that the H5N1 virus is adapting to hop to new hosts ...

H5N1 influenza is evolving rapidly, weakening the effectiveness of existing antibodies and increasing its potential threat to ...

Bird flu has long been a top contender for starting the next pandemic. Between 2003 and 2023, there were 882 cases reported ...

Bird Flu News: After battling the deadly pandemic-causing COVID-19 virus for over 5 years, the United States is now grappling with the highly transmissible H5N1 virus or bird flu virus.

A single sheep on a Yorkshire farm has tested positive for H5N1 bird flu, the UK’s Chief Veterinary Officer has confirmed.

"Globally, we continue to see that mammals can be infected with avian influenza A (H5N1)," Meera Chand, Emerging Infection ...

Scientists found that frequently used flu antivirals do not work well against the H5N1 avian influenza virus in cows' milk. The current antivirals are not effective against severe infection caused ...

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Friday that the H5N1 virus was discovered in meat from a single cull dairy cow as part of testing of 96 dairy cows. APHIS said the meat ...

The detection was made during routine surveillance after birds on the farm had become infected, but it marks the first time the virus has been found in a sheep. Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian ...

It just happens to have been in Yorkshire. But the H5N1 virus is also found quite widely in US dairy cattle. And Sky News revealed in December that horses can harbour the virus too. These are ...

“The more this virus infects mammals, the greater the opportunity for mutations that enhance mammalian transmissibility.” H5N1 is not yet efficient at spreading between mammals ...