Two weeks after scientists confirmed the first-ever outbreak of avian influenza, or bird flu, in elephant seals along the California coast, the disease has spread to other marine mammals, researchers ...
Avian influenza has reached the U.S. west coast’s marine mammal population. Young northern elephant seals located at Año Nuevo State Park have tested positive for H5N1, a deadly virus also known as ...
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H5N1 bird flu spreads to sea otters and sea lions along San Mateo coast, wildlife experts say
After H5N1 bird flu was detected in elephant seals gathered at Año Nuevo State Park, other marine mammals have also succumbed, including a sea otter and sea lion. So far, only animals in San Mateo ...
Scientists estimate more than 60 marine mammals may have been infected by the virus.
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Bird flu outbreak kills at least 18 animals at Ano Nuevo State Park in San Mateo County: officials
Wildlife authorities confirmed Thursday that nine more elephant seals, a sea lion and an otter have died from bird flu at Ano ...
The confirmation last week of H5N1 bird flu in northern elephant seals at California’s Año Nuevo State Parkhas put wildlife managers and public health officials on alert.
Since 2022, Iowa bird owners have been battling bird flu. Formally known as H5N1 HPAI, it’s highly contagious and often ...
A United Nations food agency warned that the continued spread of the H5N1 bird flu virus is an unprecedented food security risk that requires a coordinated global response. In a briefing held on ...
The latest strain of the disease, known as H5N1, is now raging through its fourth winter season and is proving deadly to a ...
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Northern elephant seals test positive for deadly, highly infectious H5N1 bird flu for the first time
The deadly and highly infectious H5N1 bird flu has officially spread to yet another species. Seven elephant seal pups at California’s Año Nuevo State Park have tested positive for the virus, according ...
A new warning from global health experts is raising alarms about the potential for a bird flu pandemic that could outpace the devastation of COVID-19, if the H5N1 virus mutates to spread easily ...
H5N1 bird flu has infected growing numbers of people worldwide in recent years, but this week saw something new: the first recorded human case of an H5N5 avian influenza virus. What is this virus and ...
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