As summer approaches, infectious diseases such as H5N1 — commonly known as bird flu — can spread more easily and potentially ...

H5N1 strains have been circulating among wild and domestic birds in the U.S. since 2021. In 2024, it began to cause outbreaks in dairy cows. It also became apparent that cats could catch H5N1 from ...

While the disease primarily affects birds, health experts say certain strains of the virus, especially H5N1, can occasionally infect humans and cause severe illness.

A potential case of bird flu jumping from a domestic cat to a human has been documented for the first time. The U.S. Centers ...

Bird flu cases reported in parts of Maharashtra have triggered fresh public health concern, especially after infected poultry were detected in affected zones. While human infections remain rare, ...

A case report published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this week has confirmed something experts have suspected for a while now: that the H5N1 strain of avian influenza can ...

Clare Howard was one of the first people to be vaccinated against the bird flu strain The first volunteers in the UK have been immunised with a vaccine to protect against a potential bird flu pandemic ...

As 2024 came to an end, bird flu dominated headlines. The virus, technically known as avian influenza, was being detected in raw milk, dairy farms and even children, my colleagues Susanne Rust and ...

Read Bird Flu latest updates on The Economic Times. What is Bird Flu? Bird Flu latest news, Bird Flu cases in India, Bird Flu ...

Experts warn that while the virus is "evolving and spreading" rapidly among animals, and does not yet easily transmit between ...

Bird flu has been found in both Northwest Naturals and Monarch Raw Pet Food. One cat has died while several have been ...