Cat food distributed to Wisconsin and 11 other states recalled after positive bird flu test; 1 cat dead
A "human wave" of North Korean soldiers fighting on Russia's side in the Ukraine war are being sent to their deaths in futile ...
Bird Flu Mutation: Risk of New Pandemic Explained
A new mutation and the first severe case of H5N1 bird flu discovered in a human in Louisiana has raised concern among some ...
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Cats Can Get Sick With Bird Flu. Here's How to Protect Them.
Some pet owners feed their animals raw meat, but that can be dangerous, even fatal for the animals, said Michael Q. Bailey, ...
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Oregon House Cat Dies Of Bird Flu After Eating Raw Pet Food
Results from the genome sequencing confirmed that the virus recovered from the raw pet food and infected cat were exact matches to each other.
Louisiana Has Given Up Against the ‘Do YoUr oWN ReSEarch’ Crowd
We begin in Louisiana, where the state has freed its citizens to Do Their Own Research, because they’re going to have free time while they’re laid up with the flu. From NPR: A group of high-level ...
Bird Flu Samples From Very Ill Patient Had ‘Concerning’ Mutations
Tiny genetic alterations could help the bird flu virus enter cells in the upper respiratory tract, the C.D.C. said. But there ...
Bird flu virus likely mutated within a Louisiana patient, CDC says
A genetic analysis suggests the bird flu virus mutated inside a Louisiana patient who contracted the first severe case of the ...
What to know about the spread of the bird flu
The virus has spread among dairy cattle, humans and other mammals. But officials say the current public health risk is low.
Bird flu virus in Louisiana patient likely mutated to be more transmissible, CDC says
A genetic analysis of viral samples from a patient in Louisiana hospitalized with the first severe case of bird flu showed ...
CDC Issues Update on Bird Flu 'Mutations' in Humans
The CDC's analysis revealed changes in the hemagglutinin (HA) gene, a critical component for the virus's ability to attach to ...
We ‘have our head in the sand’: Health experts warn US isn’t reacting fast enough to threat of bird flu
The US hasn’t learned lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic that it could use to mitigate the threat of pathogens like H5N1 bird ...
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Bird flu detected in pigs – here’s why virologists are concerned
H5N1 influenza has now been detected in pigs. This was something virologists had been worrying about ever since this highly pathogenic strain of bird flu started its rapid global spread in 2020. But ...