Bird flu infections have been rare among people, but the pathogen is evolving, which has scientists worried about a possible ...

H5N1 bird flu has now crossed into U.S. dairy cattle for the first time, and alarmingly, it did so through just one spillover ...

As spring weather sets in, fears of a bird flu pandemic have not materialized, and there is less cause for worry than there ...

Avian flu strains tend to only affect birds, but the current outbreak has spread to cattle and – in rare cases – people. The ...

A vaccine under development has demonstrated complete protection in mice against a deadly variant of the virus that causes bird flu. The work focuses on the H5N1 variant known as 2.3.4.4b, which has ...

Apr. 17, 2025 — A vaccine under development has demonstrated complete protection in mice against a deadly variant of the virus that causes bird flu. The work focuses on the H5N1 variant known as ...

The general public are showing “ignorance and apathy” towards the threat of bird flu, say the authors of a new editorial, based on a survey they conducted of US residents. It found that many ...

With its continued spread and mutations, veterinarians and virologists interviewed warn this outbreak could become a new pandemic.

More than 100 federal scientists who track bird flu, including vaccine and food safety experts, have been laid off. This ...

Hospitals should expand and speed up testing of people hospitalised with influenza to see if they are suffering from bird flu, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

A USDA bird flu response plan, updated in May 2017 during Trump’s first administration, incorporated policy guidance based on lessons from influenza outbreaks during the Obama and first Trump ...