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US reports 1st outbreak of 'highly pathogenic' H5N9 virus in poultry. Should we worry?
Nearly 119,000 birds have been culled at a farm in California after a bird flu called H5N9 was detected among the poultry.
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It's flu season right now, and the U.S. is in the midst of a wave that's straining hospitals. But not all influenza is the ...
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Flu vs. COVID-19 Like the flu, COVID is also a contagious respiratory infection. But the coronavirus causes COVID, while the influenza virus causes the flu. COVID also spreads faster than the flu ...
Experts warn about the new H5N9 bird flu affecting California: How is it different from H5N1?
The first outbreak of H5N9 bird flu in poultry has been reported in California on a duck farm leading to the culling of ...