This isn’t just an animal health crisis — it’s a risk to public health. When animals consume foods containing live virus, ...

Knowable Magazine answers questions about how dangerous bird flu is, where it came from, and what key events paved the way ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed 130 cases of H5N1 avian influenza in domestic cats spread across 23 states, including Illinois.

In the case of viral chatter, the message would be a human pandemic. Sporadic, individual cases of H5N1 among people suggest ...

As of spring 2025, there are no confirmed cases of human-to-human H5N1 transmission in the United States. "It's not like in the movies," Gray says. "It's going to take continual spillover events ...