To detect contagious bird flu, can genomic surveillance shift to sewers?
Experts say our cities have a valuable tool that can help us keep better tabs on the virus: sewage. While wastewater already ...
How are H5N9 and H5N1 different? What to know after California bird flu outbreak
The California duck farm's strain of H5N9 is different from those earlier cases because this time it is closely related to a ...
UVA Health expert says bird flu in Virginia doesn't raise risk for most residents
There are more than 60 cases of bird flu in humans across the United States. In the Commonwealth, two birds at the Metro Richmond Zoo caught the virus.
Surveillance tool can detect fast-spreading SARS-CoV-2 variants before they take off
Researchers have developed a powerful tool that can detect variants of SARS-CoV-2 with high transmission potential before ...
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First bird flu death in the U.S.: Here’s what you need to know about the virus
On Monday, Louisiana health officials announced that a person hospitalized last month with a severe case of avian influenza — ...
Human deaths from bird flu ‘concerning’; monitoring & genome sequencing key: Experts
Recent human deaths seen in the US and Cambodia due to H5N1 bird flu are ‘concerning’, and calls for boosting monitoring and genome sequencing, said public health experts on Thursday.
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Is an avian flu pandemic just one mutation away? | Guest Commentary
Staying one step ahead of the virus — with surveillance, testing and research — could mean the difference between a close ...
Oregon cat tests positive for avian influenza, or bird flu
A cat in Washington County has tested positive for avian influenza, or bird flu, the Oregon Department of Agriculture ...
Pet food tainted with avian flu virus that was sold across WA, Northwest is recalled
An Oregon company that sells pet food across Washington state has issued a recall of a raw, frozen product contaminated with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, or H5N1. The Northwest Naturals ...