A pandemic is not inevitable, scientists say. But the outbreak has passed worrisome milestones in recent weeks, including ...

Experts share tips on where to find reliable bird flu updates amid the communication freeze for federal health agencies.

Avian influenza A (H5N1) has mutated, so the symptoms of bird flu could change as more people get sick in 2025.

Health officials urged people to identify avian flu symptoms early and properly cook chicken and eggs to limit risk of ...

This is usually triggered by symptoms — like red eyes for H5N1 or a history of having ... Health reported a presumptive case of H5N1 bird flu in a child, which the CDC hasn't confirmed yet. The ...

A patient who'd been hospitalized ... to happen with this particular flu.” Human infection with bird flu can happen when the virus gets into a person’s eyes, nose or mouth, or is inhaled ...

In the lead-up to the 2020 election, all eyes ... bird flu should isolate the animal and be careful about handling it because ...

Since April, at least 66 cases of bird flu have been reported in the United States, but almost all the patients had mild illnesses — pink eye or respiratory symptoms — and, until the recent death, all ...

In people, the main route of infection seems to be through the eyes; conjunctivitis ... becoming the first death in the US from bird flu. Both of these patients had the D1.1 strain of the virus ...

A patient who had been hospitalized with bird flu has died of the disease, the Louisiana Department of Public Health reported Monday.