Regarding Georgia's preparedness to handle a significant H5N1 outbreak, White expressed confidence but acknowledged the need for ongoing vigilance and improvements.

As more humans become infected by H5N1 bird flu, experts worry of a new pandemic with 70 human cases in the U.S. including 1 death. What to look for.

Sales and markets with live poultry can resume in Georgia after state ... the agency said it conducted 4,541 tests representing 49,951 individual birds and found no additional cases of H5N1.

As per records, the new case marks the fifth case of H5N1 in Georgia since the outbreak began in 2022. However, it is the first case affecting a commercial poultry operation.

Amidst an ongoing outbreak of a deadly bird flu virus in livestock, the US Department of Agriculture is doing more to prevent ...

There are two types of H5N1: Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza and Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza. Georgia's cases were the latter. It causes severe disease and high mortality in infected poultry.

Bird flu has been detected in a commercial poultry flock in Georgia for the first time since the current outbreak began in 2022, ... marking the first U.S. death from the H5N1 virus.

H5N1 bird flu hits Georgia’s poultry industry, marking the first commercial outbreak in the state. Learn CDC prevention tips to protect public health and livelihoods.

The positive case of the H5N1 strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza was found in a commercial poultry operation in Elbert County, and confirmed by the Georgia Department of Agriculture and ...

H5N1 has been the dominant grouping of strains fueling this past year's outbreaks in the U.S., ... director of the Center for Influenza Disease and Emergence Research at the University of Georgia.

In short: French scientists say the H5N1 strain of avian influenza travelled more than 5,000 kilometres from South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic Ocean to the Crozet and Kerguelen Islands in ...

Bird Flu Wrecks Havoc In United States: The H5N1 bird flu virus has hit Georgia's poultry industry, marking the first commercial case in the state. TheHealthSite.com ...