A further 25 poultry flocks were infected with the H5N1 HPAI virus serotype, according to the national veterinary agency’s ...

That portion of the meeting determines whether flu vaccine manufacturers should be provided with new candidate vaccine viruses — CVVs — for H5N1, H9N2, or other subtypes of bird flu viruses.

“The owners of the birds were given compensation,” Dr Paxwar said. While it is rare for humans to contract avian influenza, at least two cases were reported from India in 2019 and 2024, caused by a ...

China has reported two more human infections involving H9N2 avian flu, and, unlike most earlier patients, the latest are adults, according to a weekly avian flu update from the Hong Kong Centre for ...

Activity from the three main respiratory viruses continues to decline in the United States, with one of the main flu markers—outpatient visits for flulike illness—now below the national baseline for ...

This study aimed to investigate the genetic evolution of the H9N2 avian influenza virus (AIV). Whole genome phylogenetic trees were constructed based on 306 H9N2 avian influenza strains collected in ...

8 In a related news, in April 2024, Vietnam reported its first human case of low pathogenic avian influenza (H9N2), a different subtype from the highly pathogenic H5N1, which is causing poultry and ...

The ongoing bird flu outbreak has led to wild bird deaths, slaughtered livestock, and hazardous conditions for dairy industry ...

No new human cases of avian influenza have been reported, and poultry infections are low so far in March. But infections in ...