H5N1

UN agency warns of ‘unprecedented’ bird flu threat as H5N1 virus jumps to mammals

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is raising the alarm over a rapidly escalating bird flu crisis as the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus spreads from poultry to mammals,…

WHO says risk of bird flu ‘still low’ after US reports its first human death

The H5N1 virus has affected mainly farmworkers in that came into close contact with poultry flocks and cattle herds. However, the WHO has stated that the risk to the general…

First pig infected with H5N1 bird flu recorded in the US

H5N1 bird flu was confirmed in a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the virus in swine in the country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture…