In today’s Health Alert, a new strain of bird flu - H5N9 - has been detected in the U.S. The first confirmed case was found ...

H5N9 is a rare subtype of the influenza A virus that can cause highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), also known as bird ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are monitoring the bird flu situation in the United States. Here's what to ...

The United States has reported its first H5N9 bird flu outbreak in California, affecting almost 119,000 ducks. Both H5N9 and ...

However, the discovery of this strain raises concern about the H5N1 strains of bird flu currently circulating in the United States ... CDC has urged hospitals to subtype all influenza A specimens ...

U.S. authorities also detected the more common H5N1 strain on the same farm in Merced County, California, they said in a ...

H5N1 vaccines have been previously licensed, and millions are in the national stockpile. But even with the news of the ...

The H5N9 strain of avian influenza is much more rare than the H5N1 which has been responsible for most of the reported human ...

"The Chinese poultry lineage may have experienced more vaccine-driven selection compared to other lineages," the researchers wrote.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 67 people in the U.S. have been infected with H5N1 bird flu. One ...

H5N1 bird flu hits Georgia’s poultry industry marking the first commercial outbreak in the state Learn CDC prevention tips to ...