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A new strain of bird flu is found on a California duck farm

A new strain of bird flu — H5N9 — has been detected in California’s Merced County at a commercial duck operation. According...

Just one mutation can make H5N1 bird flu a threat to humans, California researchers say

California researchers say the world may be just one genetic tweak away from human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 bird flu virus —...