The H5N1 avian influenza virus is mutating to evade immune defenses in mammals following prior infection or vaccination.

Health officials in Ontario’s Peel Region say they are investigating suspected cases of avian influenza after a large number of dead wild birds were recently discovered. Peel Public Health says ...

"We are finding the 3D structure of the genome," said Satoshi Namekawa, professor of microbiology and molecular genetics at the University of California, Davis, and senior author on one of the papers.

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The USDA has launched a $1 billion strategy to curb highly pathogenic avian influenza, protect the U.S. poultry industry and lower egg prices. Vaccines, enhanced biosecurity measures and ...

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Authorities have culled 2.4 million birds to try and control two large avian influenza outbreaks that have resulted in intermittent but ongoing egg shortages. So far Australia has managed to avoid ...

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The federal government plans to purchase eggs from other nations as part of a five-pronged strategy, backed by $1 billion in funding, to combat a strain of avian influenza that hit in late 2021 ...

This is due in part to continuing outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza, which has devastated American poultry farmers and slashed the egg supply over the past two years.

Cartons of eggs have seen a rapid increase due to a shortage caused by an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). Approximately 18.8 million commercial egg layers were affected by HPAI ...

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced the Trump administration’s plan for tackling the avian flu in front of state agriculture leaders at the National Association of State ...