With the devastating 1918 pandemic in mind, US health officials saw an outbreak in Asia and swung into action. What happened ...

What you need to know about bird flu. Public health experts are closely watching avian influenza, which has affected chickens ...

Scientists were slow to recognize that Covid spreads through the air. Some are now trying to get ahead of the bird flu.

Don’t be a hero if you spot birds or animals showing signs of avian flu (dead or distressed birds, multiple signs of sickness ...

Although human-to-human transmission has not been confirmed in this case, H5N1 remains a latent threat, raising alarms in the ...

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, more commonly known as H5N1 or bird flu, claimed its first human victim in the United States earlier this month. In the past year, it's resulted in the deaths of ...

Nationwide, Brown said, the flu has struck millions of wild birds, 145 million domestic birds, and 943 herds of dairy cattle. The current strain of the avian influenza H5N1 virus arrived in the ...

Massachusetts officials announced Wednesday that bird flu is now considered to be “widespread” in the state and urged the ...

Single Mutation in H5N1 Influenza Surface Protein Could Enable Easier Human Infection Dec. 6, 2024 — A single modification in the protein found on the surface of the highly pathogenic avian ...

MANSFIELD, Ohio -- With 67 human cases of avian flu now confirmed in the United States ... By contrast, smallpox killed one in five of its victims through the 1700s, while yellow fever ...

It's temporarily relocating its bird population to avoid contact with wild birds that may be infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). The state veterinarian, along with the ...

The growing warnings about the avian flu, also known as H5N1 or H5N9 flu, have led the public to question whether the infection can be spread to humans through eating eggs or chicken. Here's what ...