Aaron Morrow in a statement. Mink are potentially dangerous because they are prone to carrying dangerous diseases, from COVID-19 to the H5N1 influenza strain. Farmed mink also have weakened immune ...

In October 2022, an outbreak of HPAI A(H5N1) occurred on a mink farm in Spain. Presumably, the virus was introduced via an infected wild bird. Within a short period of time, numerous animals ...

As a rapidly increasing number of California dairy farms suffer outbreaks of H5N1 bird flu, industry experts say it remains ...

If H5N1 is ever detected in beef cattle that meat will also be safe especially if properly cooked, Brashears says. “All the precautions that consumers are already told to cook your meat ...

The bird flu situation in the United States has evolved rapidly since April, when news about the virus infecting dairy cows ...

civets and mink have been suggested to be the potential hosts for a variety of human viruses, including influenza A virus (IAV), SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2, and outbreaks of H5N1 IAV have recently ...

U.S. and California health officials confirmed two new cases of H5N1 bird flu in dairy farm workers in the state on Friday, ...

The virus that could mutate into the next human pandemic has been found in herds in at least 14 states. Without sufficient ...

For influenza viruses, imperfection is a strength. They constantly mutate, producing new strains that challenge immune ...

California has confirmed the first two human cases of bird flu — the disease caused by the H5N1 virus, also known as avian flu — in the state. The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) ...

Both patients were dairy workers whose illnesses were mild. Investigators are continuing to evaluate the contacts of a ...

Fears of a new pandemic have been raised in a horror study which suggests the world isn't doing enough to monitor the spread of a deadly flu virus. A study of bird flu transmission between mammals ...