As a virus scientist in South Africa, I’ve been watching with dread as H5N1 bird flu spreads among animals in the United ...

A teenager in British Columbia, Canada, is critically ill with H5N1 bird flu, marking the country's first human case of this ...

Oregon confirms its first human bird flu case, the latest in dozens of cases in the U.S. this year. Experts discuss the ...

The H5N1, a deadly strain of flu virus with the potential to mutate and spark a pandemic among humans, has been on epidemiologists’ radar for nearly two decades. Virologists have long warned that if ...

As a physician, I am closely following a bird flu outbreak that is hitting our Central Valley dairy farms hard, ...

There is an inherent conflict of interest -- and the potential for injury to public health -- when a federal department both ...

A teenager in British Columbia who is being treated in the critical care unit was confirmed to have been infected with the ...

H5N1 Virus Isolated from Infected Dairy Worker Is 100% Lethal in Ferrets, but Does Not Appear to Be Circulating in Nature Anymore Oct. 28, 2024 — A strain of H5N1 avian influenza virus found in ...

H5N1 Virus Isolated from Infected Dairy Worker Is 100% Lethal in Ferrets, but Does Not Appear to Be Circulating in Nature Anymore Oct. 28, 2024 — A strain of H5N1 avian influenza virus found in ...

Both experts say it’s unlikely this particular strain of bird flu would lead to a pandemic because it doesn’t have the ability to spread efficiently between people. H5N1 has been infecting ...

This case follows a surge in US infections, raising concerns about a potential pandemic. What is H5N1 Bird Flu? Bird flu or avian influenza primarily affects birds, but sometimes they also infect ...