Recent outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (also known as bird flu) have created a need for rapid and sensitive detection methods to mitigate its spread. Now, researchers have developed a ...

In February 2024, government veterinarians in the Czech Republic investigating a bird flu outbreak found themselves in the middle of a puzzling case. The highly pathogenic H5N1 virus was ...

A few days later, the entire 50,000-bird flock was culled to contain the outbreak. Meanwhile, the chickens at the breeding facility became sick slowly. Birds near air intake vents were the first ...

Although windborne transmission of avian influenza has been theorized, documented cases remain rare, and previous air-sampling studies have generally detected the virus only up to ~150 meters from ...