H5N9 and H5N1: What’s the difference, and is California at risk after the recent outbreak?

A recent bird flu outbreak at a California duck farm has raised concerns, with the highly pathogenic strain H5N9 discovered ...
WNCT

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 this month ...
FOX 10 Phoenix

H5N9 bird flu outbreak: New virus strain detected on California 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 death ...
KHON2

First case of H5N9 bird flu strain found in California

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 this month ...
FOX31 Denver

First US case of H5N9 bird flu strain found in California

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The ...