The convergence of multiple flu strains in one animal can allow new virus strains to form—just as they did in past pandemics.

With cold and flu season approaching, it's worth knowing about another virus out there-albeit extremely rare: bird flu. Like ...

A study out of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) has found that high-pathogenicity avian influenza virus (HPAIV) H5N1 ...

The deadly H5N1 avian influenza virus, which has killed millions of birds worldwide since 2021—and in rare cases can be ...

The deadly H5N1 avian influenza virus, which has killed millions of birds worldwide since 2021 – and in rare cases can be ...

The H5N1 virus, initially restricted to Eurasia and Africa, has since spread to North and South America and even reached ...

A close contact of someone with bird flu became ill on the same day, the C.D.C. reported. But the second person was not ...

Welcome to the National Animal Disease Center, a government research facility in Iowa where 43 scientists work with pigs, cows and other animals, pushing to solve the bird flu outbreak currently ...

With the approach of fall and cooler weather across the United States, officials say the risk posed by the H5N1 bird flu ...

A patient in Missouri was hospitalized with bird flu despite having no reported contact with animals, according to the CDC. Infectious disease experts discuss the potential risk.

Scientists are increasingly concerned about zoonotic diseases in the post-Covid-19 era. Human activities and climate change ...

Previous human infections occurred in workers on farms. But community transmission of the virus remains unlikely for now, ...