Though H5N1 has been circulating nationwide in wild birds, domestic poultry, and mammals since 2022, you may have only been ...

The CDC has revealed the red flags it is monitoring for that suggest that bird flu was about to become the world's next pandemic.

So far, the H5N1 virus isn't transmitted between people — but the CDC has found a mutation in a human case "concerning." ...

Previous seasonal flu infections and vaccinations may protect us against infection from the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu outbreak.

Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza A virus (HPAI H5N1) remains a low risk to the general public, and public health experts in the United States believe that available treatments and vaccines, as ...

A virologist explains that why this probably isn’t the big one — but that it’s a sign of bad things happening with the virus.

Most human cases of bird flu in North America have been mild, a fact that’s underscored by a new study of the first 46 ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is keeping close eye on pandemic indicators amid bird flu cases arising in the ...

Bird flu cases are on the rise in the U.S., and the CDC is on high alert. With 66 confirmed human cases so far, officials are ...

The U.S. government on Friday ordered testing of the nation's milk supply for bird flu to better monitor the spread of the virus ... the virus," known as Type A H5N1, which was detected for ...

A “very disappointing” segment of the population has been vaccinated against the flu this year, Hopkins says. According to the CDC, 40.8% of ... all four, to spread from person to person.” ...