The World Organization for Animal Health said in a Jan. 27 notification that the H5N9 strain of avian bird flu has been detected for the first time at a duck farm in Merced County, California.

A new strain of bird flu, H5N9, has been detected for the first time in the United States, raising concerns about how it continues to spread.

Vohra explains what we know about bird flu, both the H5N1 and H5N9 variants, and the precautions we can take to prevent it from becoming a public health emergency. Bird flu originated as a common ...

Here are three updates on the outbreak: 1. In January, genetic sequencing identified a new bird flu strain, H5N9, on a California duck farm. Nearly 12,000 ducks were culled. The discovery raises ...

Vohra explains what we know about bird flu, both the H5N1 and H5N9 variants, and the precautions we can take to prevent it from becoming a public health emergency. Bird flu originated as a common name ...

A highly pathogenic avian flu outbreak, the H5N9 virus, has been identified for the first time in the United States, specifically in a duck farm in California. To control the outbreak, health ...

The virus, called highly pathogenic H5N9, is a type of avian influenza, otherwise known as "bird flu." This is not the same type of bird flu that's already been spreading on dairy cow and poultry ...

H5N9 is “not commonly seen in poultry in general,” says Eman Anis, assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. (Anis is part of a lab that conducts national ...

Kevin Whitlock / Massillon Independent / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The decision by Waffle House comes amid supply chain issues due to the H5N9 outbreak, which started back in 2022.