We’re more concerned even than usual, because this bird flu already has developed the genetic capacity to get into a number ...

Since 2021, experts have seen bird flu — also called H5 influenza or highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) — spreading "fairly quickly" across the wild and domestic bird populations and, now, among ...

The proof-of-concept study is one of the first to combine B and T cell analysis and potentially paves the way for tests that ...

A CDC report on bird flu shows potential transmission of bird flu between exposed dairy workers and indoor pet cats. The ...

A new report reveals that more Americans may have had bird flu without reporting any symptoms. How many cases have been detected in California?

Wyoming health department officials say an older woman is hospitalized with bird flu. It’s the state’s first human case of ...

When it comes to the potential of H5N1 avian flu picking up mutations that might lead to human-to-human spread, that "train has already left the station," warns 1 infectious disease expert.

A dairy worker in Nevada has been infected with a strain of H5N1 bird flu—genotype D1.1—that has newly spilled over to cows, ...

Nevada confirms its first human case of bird flu amid a growing U.S. outbreak impacting poultry, wildlife and the price of ...

"Companion animals, and especially cats, are 100% a public health risk in terms of the risk of zoonotic transmission to people," said virologist Angela Rasmussen, PhD, who studies disease progression ...

officials confirmed a case of bird flu in a stray cat in Half Moon Bay. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention logged the first severe and thus far only fatal human case of H5N1 in the U.S ...

The Nevada department of agriculture is encouraging livestock owners to monitor their animals for signs of illness to prevent further spread of bird flu, also called H5N1. Cows infected with bird ...