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1st Reported H5N9 Bird Flu Outbreak In US

How are H5N9 and H5N1 different? What to know after California bird flu outbreak

A California duck farm made headlines this week after the World Organization of Animal Health published a report by U.S. authorities that a strain of bird flu that scientists call H5N9 had been found among sick birds in the flock.

Forbes · 5h

First Reported H5N9 Bird Flu Outbreak In US As H5N1 Keeps Spreading

While the H5N1 bird flu keep spreading, there has been for the first time ever a reported H5N9 outbreak in the United States. This occurred on a duck farm in California

Newsweek · 2d

What Is H5N9? US Reports First Bird Flu Strain Outbreak in Poultry

H5N9 is a rare subtype of the influenza A virus that can cause highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), also known as bird flu. It's a reassortment strain that originated from the H5N1, H7N9, and H9N2 subtypes.

WNCT2d

New H5N9 bird flu strain found in California, first case in the US

MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The country’s first case of H5N9 bird flu has been identified in Merced County, California, officials say. This H5N9 strain, which was identified earlier ...

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H5N9 bird flu outbreak: New virus strain detected on California duck farm

H5N9 is a rare strain of avian influenza. H5N1 is the more common strain of the bird flu and has been responsible for most of the reported human cases. H5N1 was responsible for the first human ...