In recent months, bird flu has started raising red flags among scientists and public health officials. Apoorva Mandavilli, a New York Times reporter who covers infectious diseases, explains why we ...

Bird flu, or avian influenza, primarily affects birds but there have been cases reported in humans as well. Unfortunately, a patient recently died from severe avian influenza A (H5N1), marking the ...

Over 100,000 birds were euthanized at a poultry farm on Long Island to prevent the spread of bird flu, FOX 5 NY's Jodi Goldberg confirmed.

Bird flu has been detected in a commercial poultry flock in Georgia for the first time since the current outbreak began in 2022, officials say. A Louisiana resident has died after being ...

The H5N1 virus, more commonly known as bird flu, has not spread to the Brazos Valley, but local experts at Texas A&M ...

Avian flu is rampant in poultry farms and in wild birds in the U.S. Every mutation brings the virus one step closer to the ...

Public health officials are keeping a close eye on bird flu as outbreaks have been ... strain of influenza tied to poultry outbreaks in Hong Kong in 1997 that killed six people, said Dr. Jonathan ...

A researcher at Brigham and Women’s Hospital said the bird flu virus needs to be taken seriously so it doesn’t become the ...

The United States has reported its first bird flu related death. Bird flu commonly affects poultry and wild birds. It is rare in humans, but it can be serious or even deadly. There are 66 ...

On Jan. 6, 2025, Louisiana state health officials reported the first U.S. bird flu death. The person was older than 65, had underlying health problems and had been in contact with sick and dead ...

IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE A POTENTIAL OUTBREAK ON YOUR HANDS. After months of more mild cases, the bird flu appears to be ramping up: The U.S. just saw its first death from the virus, and cases have ...

The CDC has revealed the red flags it is monitoring for that suggest that bird flu was about to become the world's next pandemic.