The progression of the species-jumping disease has been unprecedented, including the first-ever U.S. cases of infections in ...

The progression of the bird flu in America since 2021 has been unprecedented, including the first-ever cases of infections in dairy cattle and raising heightened pandemic risks.

Avian influenza viruses pose a growing threat, with the potential to adapt to humans and trigger future pandemics, according ...

Avian influenza (AI) continues to kill large numbers of migratory birds in eastern Pennsylvania as state officials have looked to slow the virus through organized shooting efforts. The Game ...

A case of avian flu was detected in a backyard flock in New London County, according to a press release. The Connecticut Department of Agriculture confirmed the presence of Highly Pathogenic Avian ...

But it doesn’t tell us whether the virus came from animals, animal products or people or if the detection is highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1),” said Kerry Kernen, Health Director.

For the first time, birds in a backyard flock in Wayne County have been sickened by the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus, the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development ...

The Centers for Disease Control announced the first human death from H5N1 avian flu or "bird flu" in the United States on Jan. 6 - and the illness continues to spread. In a Jan. 6 news release ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Health officials around the country have been watching avian influenza, also known as H5N1, or bird flu, very closely in the past several months. “These influenza strains can ...

With more patients flooding hospitals seeking care for seasonal flu, testing for avian influenza could slow down, and that could delay public health measures needed to prevent disease spread.

This suggests that the H5N1 virus may already be “experimenting” with mutations that could eventually lead to human-to-human transmissibility. The teenager’s virus came from a bird strain that had ...