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In a Policy Forum, Erin Sorrell and colleagues – a coalition of virologists, veterinarians, and health security experts – ...
“Such a 'let-it-spread' strategy may identify small numbers of poultry infected by H5 influenza virus that do not develop ...
Purdue University researchers now have developed an innovative, paper-based diagnostic test for rapidly detecting avian ...
Dr Nadeem Shabir For now, the general public’s risk remains low. The CDC maintains that these are isolated cases of animal-to ...
Highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu has been around since the 1990s, but this current bird flu pandemic started in Asia in 2020, when a low pathogenic strain mutated into a high pathogenic strain called ...
In people, avian flu symptoms resemble those of seasonal flu and can range from mild to severe, sometimes turning deadly. Symptoms also may include conjunctivitis — eye irritation and redness.
Even though Jackson County has yet to identify any infections among dairy cattle with the H5N1 influenza A virus, the highest number of positive wastewater samples, 10, were identified at the city ...
Baloxavir improves disease outcomes in mice after intranasal or ocular infection with Influenza A virus H5N1-contaminated cow’s milk. Nature Microbiology, 2025; DOI: 10.1038/s41564-025-01961-5 ...
In contrast, findings showed that baloxavir controlled infections through the eye fairly well. These results are particularly relevant as the ocular route appears to be the common infection ...
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital found that frequently used flu antivirals do not work well against the H5N1 avian influenza virus in cows’ milk (MEMPHIS, Tenn. – March 17 ...
The FDA warned pet owners who had bought the cat food to “watch for symptoms of bird flu, including eye redness or irritation (conjunctivitis), cough, sore throat, sneezing, runny/stuffy nose ...
A new report details the bird flu cases of two pet cats in Michigan whose owners work in the dairy industry. Earlier in the ...