After starting the year with its first known bird flu death, the US expanded its efforts to contain the virus, which enabled ...

There's an unwritten rule in publishing, or so I've been told: Don't write about COVID. Our collective attention span has ...

The HPAI strain of avian flu is infecting and killing birds in Missouri and Kansas. Several cases have been reported around ...

Learn about a new simulation that shows human-to-human transmission of H5N1 will become uncontainable if we miss the narrow ...

When bird flu spilled over into dairy cattle last year, researchers discovered high concentrations of the H5N1 virus in the ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1, commonly known as HPAI or bird flu) is a formidable worldwide public health concern. With approximately a 100% mortality rate, the World Organization for ...

Researchers discovered why bird flu can survive temperatures that stop human flu in its tracks. A key gene, PB1, gives avian viruses the ability to replicate even at fever-level heat. Mice experiments ...

A Washington resident has been hospitalized with a strain of bird flu that has not been seen in humans before, according to the Washington State Health Department. Since 2024, there have been 70 ...

Although development of a jab for the H5N1 strain of avian flu is well under way, other strains are receiving less attention ...

Cows get bird flu, too Since 2024, bird flu has also been detected in dairy cows and their milk. The USDA is monitoring the milk supply; the best way to stay safe is to drink pasteurized milk, not raw ...

Finding that vampire bats along Peru’s coast carried H5N1 antibodies raises concerns that multiple bat species could become ...

A mild fall and long migration is being blamed for increasing numbers of poultry farms coming under orders to contain the spread of highly infectious bird flu. One turkey producer in Alberta is ...