As highly pathogenic avian influenza  recently resurfaced in Iraq and Israel, new outbreaks have been confirmed on poultry ...
AIV prevalence is monitored in hunter-killed waterfowl in the Sacramento Valley of California. Overall virus prevalence in waterfowl between 2014-2015 and 2021-2022 was 9.8%. Virus prevalence rates ...
Post-2020, highly pathogenic avian influenza H5 circulation is characterised by spatially expanded ecological suitability, ...
Scientists have discovered that avian influenza viruses have a gene that makes them incredibly resistant to heat, rendering our body's natural defense system – fever – powerless in fighting infection.
Researchers discovered why bird flu can survive temperatures that stop human flu in its tracks. A key gene, PB1, gives avian viruses the ability to replicate even at fever-level heat. Mice experiments ...
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Headlines about avian influenza and its spread to other animals concern me. How worried should I be about the bird flu spreading to humans? ANSWER: Avian influenza remains a concern ...
After Indiana’s outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in January 2025, Adams County Purdue Extension educator Brad Kohlhagen began receiving almost daily telephone calls, especially ...