To date, human infections have been rare and are typically linked to direct contact with animals. Sustained human-to-human transmission has not occurred, and health officials say the overall pandemic ...

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

Influenza in poultry does not constitute a food safety risk. Vermonters are asked to be alert for dead or sick birds and alert the USDA or Vermont authorities at 802-828-2421 or through USDA’s ...

The Galveston County Health District announced Monday that avian influenza, also known as H5N1, had been confirmed in the ...

The H5N1 bird flu remains active across U.S. poultry, dairy cows, and wild birds — but health officials say public risk stays ...

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 ...

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

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

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

The country's first-ever H5N5 bird flu case has been confirmed in Washington state, where a resident is hospitalized with a rare avian influenza strain never before seen in humans.

Turkey farmers have killed their birds earlier this year in an attempt to avoid avian flu and fulfil Christmas orders. Since ...

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