A new warning from global health experts is raising alarms about the potential for a bird flu pandemic that could outpace the devastation of COVID-19, if the H5N1 virus mutates to spread easily ...

Scientists warn the H5N1 bird flu virus is evolving rapidly and has been detected on six continents, with 18 human cases ...

H5N1 bird flu has been circulating in U.S. wildlife since late 2021 but has caused only one human fatality. Now a different ...

On Heard Island, a remote Australian subantarctic island some 4,000 km southwest of Perth, scientists were concerned after ...

Type A viruses are the most significant for human and animal health, and they are all descended from avian viruses. The flu A ...

Over the past week, almost 90 of the region’s commercial poultry flocks have been confirmed with infections of the H5N1 ...

A case of bird flu has been confirmed at a large commercial poultry site in Norfolk, the tenth in the county so far this ...

Zoetis, a veterinary pharmaceutical company, donated some doses of its bird flu vaccine. In October, at four-months-old, the ...

A study uncovers the viral gene that lets bird flu beat fever, reshaping surveillance strategies as H5N1 continues to spread.

H5N1 bird flu has infected growing numbers of people worldwide in recent years, but this week saw something new: the first ...

Scientists have discovered that avian influenza viruses have a gene that makes them incredibly resistant to heat, rendering ...

Influenza viruses are common, and the seasonal flu tends to infect many people every year. Influenza A viruses are the most ...