A new warning from global health experts is raising alarms about the potential for a bird flu pandemic that could outpace the ...

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

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

As bird flu cases spread on U.S. farms, a Houston-based company has announced its plans to study a drug candidate.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a disaster proclamation Tuesday after a case of highly pathogenic avian influenza was detected in a commercial turkey flock in Hamilton County -- the state's ninth ...

On November 13, Spain's Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food imposed the confinement of all free-range poultry farms to curb the spread of avian influenza—more commonly known as "bird ...

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

H5N5 is not believed to be a greater threat to human health than the H5N1 virus, which was behind a wave of human infections in the U.S. in 2024 and 2025.

A Hawaiian monk seal swims in a pool after receiving a bird flu vaccine at Ke Kai Ola in Kailua-Kona. The endangered Hawaiian ...

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

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

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