Orthohantaviruses, such as the Puumala virus, are widespread in Europe, causing flu-like illnesses and severe kidney damage in those infected. It is increasingly considered a zoonotic threat.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chickens gather in a hen house at the MCM Poultry facility in Nuevo, Calif., in 2017. (Los Angeles Times) A new strain of a highly ...

Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School have found that viruses circulating in live poultry markets can be detected more ...

A strain of bird flu never seen before in the United States has been detected among poultry at a California farm. The virus, called highly pathogenic H5N9, is a type of avian influenza, otherwise ...

Recent research findings indicate that many of the plant pathogens affecting agriculture today originated during an earlier era than originally believed. Analysis performed by an international team of ...

The bird flu spreading through cattle in the United States is an “enormous concern” the chief scientist of the World Health Organization said Thursday as he called for more tracking and preparation ...

Dr. Tim Uyeki, Chief Medical Officer of the Influenza Division at CDC, answers common questions about highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) viruses, which have been detected in the United States ...

With a wingspan of 9.5 feet, California condors are the largest birds in North America. They also are one of the most critically endangered. Population numbers declined throughout the 19th and 20th ...

When I teach students about infectious diseases, I often use a model known as the infectious disease triad. This framework illustrates that disease occurs only when three essential factors are present ...

The new strain was found in Noxubee County, Miss. All of the roughly 46,000 birds either died or were euthanized after the infection spread. In another development, researchers reported that exposure ...