After a relatively quiet summer , bird flu is beginning to rear its ugly head once more. But even if we haven’t been talking about it as much, that doesn’t mean the virus has gone away – and it’s not only the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain that’s been making moves. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

H5N1 outbreaks on US farms

A strain of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been causing a massive headache for farmers in multiple states for a few years now. As well as impacting poultry farming and the price of eggs , the virus has proven itself to be adept at infecting multiple mammalian species , meaning cattle farms have also been severely affected.

There have also been 70 reported human cases per

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