Scientists have said that the strain developed changes that make it better at spreading, triggering inflammation, and causing ...
Researchers at Texas Biomed have identified nine mutations in a strain of bird flu found in a person in Texas. Bad news: This ...
A severe bird flu outbreak has killed millions of chickens, causing egg prices to rise. The virus has spread to dairy cows ...
Dr. John Goldman, a UPMC Infectious Disease Specialist, spoke about the severity of the bird flu and the possibility of a ...
The CDC on Thursday urged labs nationwide to determine within 24 hours of admission whether people hospitalized with the flu ...
H5N1 infections are rare in American pets, but they’ve become increasingly common over the past two years as the virus has ...
An infectious disease expert says the relatively mild cases of avian influenza detected so far among dairy workers don’t ...
The U.S. government has awarded Moderna $590 million to advance the development of its bird flu vaccine, as the country doubles down on efforts to tackle increasing infections in humans.
A child in California is presumed to have H5N1 bird flu, according to the San Francisco Department of Public Health. Experts ...
As bird flu swept through Europe in 2023, the U.S. enacted import bans. In October 2023, France became the first major ...
The national spread of the disease has alarmed public health officials, who remain concerned it could spread to humans on a large scale.
Two different lineages are currently circulating, one carried by wild birds, the other infecting dairy farms in the United ...