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A new strain of bird flu — H5N9 — has been detected in California’s Merced County at a commercial duck operation. According to the World Organization for Animal Health — an international consortium of ...

A California duck farm made headlines this week after the World Organization of Animal Health published a report by U.S.

On Monday, the U.S. reported an outbreak of bird flu called H5N9 that is different from the H5N1 strain that is currently surging across the country. The outbreak occurred in a flock of commercial ...

MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The country’s first case of H5N9 bird flu has been identified in Merced County, California, officials say. This H5N9 strain, which was identified earlier this month ...

A duck hunts near June Lake in October. At a commercial operation in Merced County, a new strain of bird flu has been detected. (David McNew/Getty Images) A new strain of bird flu — H5N9 — has been ...