Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses like H5N1, H5N6, and H7N9 pose an evolving global threat due to their capacity to ...

Outbreaks of bird flu in mammals more than doubled across the world last year, raising the risk that the virus could ...

Amid rising cases of H5N1 avian influenza (bird flu) in North America, global health experts have called for urgent action to stop the virus from becoming a bigger threat. In a new report ...

Outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza more than doubled in mammals in 2024 from the year before, according to the a ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza reached Antarctica’s mainland in early 2024, leaving Australia, New Zealand and Pacific ...

Outbreaks of bird flu in mammals more than doubled across the world last year, raising the risk that the virus could ...

Despite progress since COVID-19, the U.S. remains vulnerable to pandemics like H5N1, and withdrawing from the WHO would ...

Scientists have been keeping an eye on bird flu ever since it was first discovered ... for what makes a pathogen a pandemic-level threat. And numerous headlines and scientific publications have ...

The Global Virus Network (GVN), representing ... The GVN calls on world governments to address the threat of H5N1 avian influenza by enhancing surveillance, implementing biosecurity measures ...

Rapid spread of the H5N1 avian influenza virus has reached an “unprecedented ... have been affected since 2021, posing a serious threat to biodiversity.” Beth Bechdol, another FAO deputy ...

warning about a rising threat from H5N1 avian influenza. As worries grow about the potential for a pandemic, the Global Virus Network — which is headquartered at the University of South Florida ...

Powers said there is no rating that differentiates the level of threat from avian flu. She said the agency ... scale and called for a coordinated, global effort to strengthen biosecurity ...