Public-health officials in British Columbia declined to provide any new details Monday about their investigation into how a ...

Two studies reveal high transmissibility and lethality of the viral isolate in animal models, and hint at potential drug ...

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 ...

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

California health officials reported Tuesday that a child in Alameda Co. has been infected with bird flu; source unknown.

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

Wildlife rescue volunteers say the looming threat of the lethal bird flu strain H5N1 is adding another layer of burden to the already busy period. Licensed wildlife rescue volunteer and south ...

Bird flu outbreak ’100 times worse’ than Covid pandemic, say experts The H5N1 bird flu first became a concern in the late ...

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 ...

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 humans ...