The highly contagious bird flu has hit Montgomery County, Maryland, where officials say a backyard flock of chickens tested ...

Bird flu (H5N1) primarily affects birds but has spread to mammals, including humans. While human transmission remains rare, ...

The virus has also been detected in wild bird populations and, most recently, in U.S. dairy cattle as of March 2024.

Medical experts in Hong Kong are urging tourists with chronic health conditions to postpone trips to areas that have been ...

H5N9 is “not commonly seen in poultry in general,” says Eman Anis, assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania ...

N ow that bird flu has been detected in animals in all 50 states, and nearly 70 cases have been confirmed in people, health ...

A recent study conducted on human A(H5N1) cases in the United States found that conjunctivitis was the primary symptom ...