H5N9 has the potential to be more virulent for birds and other farm animals, but it is important to know that it does not pose any greater risk to humans, says Rais Vohra, MD, professor at UC San ...

U.S. health officials announced that a new strain of avian flu, H5N9, was discovered on a duck farm in Merced County, California. They quarantined the farm and ...

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.

The new bird flu strain was discovered at a commercial duck farm in California's Merced County. HealthDay News — A new strain of bird flu, H5N9, has been detected for the first time in the United ...

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 ...