China´s Scientists Make Breakthrough on How H5N1 Influenza Occurred in the U.S.    
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Chinese scientists have found out how the H5N1 virus initially invades the mammary glands of dairy cattle and may have triggered the outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza across over 1,000 dairy farms in the ...

USDA: Confirms Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) in a Dairy Herd in Idaho    
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On 12 May 2026, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in a dairy herd ...

USDA: APHIS Updates Guidance on the Interstate Movement of Lactating Dairy Cattle    
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Cattle Moving Interstate From Unaffected States Do Not Have To Test for Highly Pathogenic Avian InfluenzaUSDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has issued updated guidance related to ...

USDA: Confirms Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) in Dairy Herds in Idaho    
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On 11 May 2026, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in twelve dairy ...

Canada: Highly pathogenic avian influenza in Saskatchewan, May 12, 2026    
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza in the Rural Municipality of Caledonia No. 099, Saskatchewan, in non-commercial poultry.The CFIA has advised the ...

Jun Jiao, etc.,al. [preprint]G4 Eurasian avian-like H1N1 swine influenza viruses exhibit enhanced pathogenicity potential in mice and pigs. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.05.12.724537.  Abstract  
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Currently circulating swine influenza viruses (SIVs) mainly include H1N1, H1N2, and H3N2 subtypes. In this study, two G4 genotype Eurasian avian-like (EA) H1N1 SIVs were isolated from 556 samples collected ...

Alejandra Garcia-Glaessner, etc.,al. [preprint]Outbreak of H9N2 avian influenza viruses in lesser rhea in Peru, June-July 2025. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.05.08.723762.  Abstract  
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Avian influenza viruses (AIVs) are endemic in the Americas and responsible for outbreaks in both domestic and wild birds that occasionally spill over into humans. We report the first known outbreak of ...

Nathaniel Jackson, etc.,al. [preprint]A single PA-X mutation in bovine-origin H5N1 influenza virus reduces pathogenicity in mice. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.05.09.724031.  Abstract  
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Dairy cows have emerged as a reservoir for human infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1. At the bovine–human interface, H5N1 strains may acquire adaptive mutations that influence ...

Ort, J.T., Sobel Leonard, A., Li, S.H. et al. Cross-reactive human antibody responses to H5N1 influenza virus neuraminidase are shaped by immune history. Nat Commun (2026).  Abstract  
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H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses have spread globally and pose a pandemic risk. Prior studies suggest that early life exposures to group 1 influenza viruses (H1N1 and H2N2) prime antibodies ...

Yang H, Zhang Y, Wang X, Chen T, Jia Y, Dou H, Jia. Epidemiological and Genomic Characterization of H5 Subtype Avian Influenza Viruses in Jining City, 2024–2025. Pathogens. 2026; 15(5):521.  Abstract  
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Objective: The aim of this study was to characterize the epidemiological features and whole-genome characteristics of H5 subtype avian influenza viruses circulating in Jining City during 2024–2025, and ...