Jan 28, 2025 · CBS A California duck farm made headlines this week after the World Organization of Animal Health published a report by U.S. authorities that a strain of bird flu that scientists call H5N9 had been found among sick birds in the flock.. This is far from the first time that H5N9 has been found in birds around the country. But the U.S. …

Feb 4, 2025 · The latest variant was found on a farm in California. Here's what to know about H5N9 avian influenza.

Feb 3, 2025 · "The combination H5N9 is not new and other versions, like H5N5 also exist," Florian Krammer, a professor of vaccinology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, told CBS News ...

5 days ago · Vohra explains what we know about bird flu, both the H5N1 and H5N9 variants, and the precautions we can take to prevent it from becoming a public health emergency. What is bird flu? Bird flu originated as a common name for the H5N1 virus strain of influenza that has been affecting wild birds and poultry for decades.

Jan 30, 2025 · This H5N9 outbreak occurred on a duck farm in Merced, California, and has been reported to the World Organisation for Animal Health.While H5N9 has been found in poultry before, this is the first ...

Jan 28, 2025 · H5N9 has been seen before in U.S. birds, but often it results in less severe symptoms, called "low pathogenic avian influenza" by veterinarians. "H5N9 viruses have been detected in North...

Jan 28, 2025 · The report is the first emergence of H5N9 in the United States, according to the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy. The most recent national data on bird flu from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirm 67 human cases of H5N1 in the U.S. since the outbreak began last April, with 1 death reported Jan. 6 in ...

6 days ago · The H5N1 influenza subtype, from which the H5N9 subtype is thought to have reassorted, has been confirmed in 67 humans and at least 40 cats in the U.S. and has resulted in one human death and multiple feline deaths, according to the CDC.

Jan 27, 2025 · Highly pathogenic H5N9 avian flu has been identified for the first time in US poultry, on a duck meat farm in California that experienced an outbreak in November 2024, according to a notification today from the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH).. Both H5N9 and H5N1 were detected at the duck farm in Merced County, according to tests conducted by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA ...

Jan 28, 2025 · Rare bird flu strain found in California raises potential of wider spread. First U.S. detection of virulent H5N9 strain, at a California duck farm, draws scrutiny as evidence of genetic ...