The bird flu has been infecting American flocks for years, leading to a series of infections and increased egg prices. But now, there's a new twist: A different strain has been detected in U.S. poultry.

A new strain of bird flu has been confirmed at a duck farm in California, the first time the variant has been discovered in poultry in the United States, an international agency said.

U.S. authorities also detected the more common H5N1 strain on the same farm in Merced County, California, they said in a report to Paris-based WOAH, adding that the almost 119,000 birds on the

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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.

A new strain of bird flu has been confirmed at a duck farm in California, the first time the variant has been discovered in poultry in the United States, an international agency said.

"This is the first confirmed case of HPAI H5N9 in poultry in the United States," WOAH’s report stated. As a result of the outbreak, 118,954 birds were killed to avoid further spread as of Dec ...

British health authorities said they had detected a case of bird flu (H5N1) in a person in central England. The person acquired the infection on a farm, where they had close and prolonged contact with numerous infected birds, the UK Health Security Agency said. The risk to the wider public continues to be very low, it added.

A new strain of bird flu has been confirmed at a duck farm in California, the first time the variant has been discovered in poultry in the United States, a..

The United States has confirmed its first case of highly pathogenic H5N9 avian influenza in poultry, following an outbreak at a duck meat farm in Merced County, California, the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) stated Monday.