The new strain of H5N1 avian influenza virus, discovered by a dairy worker on a farm in Texas, is said to be deadly for ...

Here’s what we know about the bird flu — and what it would take for it to start spreading in humans. In January 2022, health officials detected a H5N1 outbreak in wild birds — the first of its kind ...

THE risk of bird flu merging with seasonal flu to create a dangerous mutant strain is now very high, experts have warned. They fear the new bug could be as lethal as bird flu and as transmissible ...

Internal emails reveal Michigan health officials suspected that owners may have inadvertently spread bird flu to their household cats, raising new concerns about transmission patterns of the virus.

Officials said there was little risk to public health because the H5N1 bird flu is unlikely to spread between humans.

Two new cases each were confirmed in Washington and California. The number of confirmed bird flu cases has risen in the U.S.

A pig at an Oregon farm was found to have bird flu The Latest Workers in California’s dairy country are grappling with one of the largest bird flu outbreaks in history Health officials say there ...

A pig has tested positive for H5N1 bird flu in a backyard farm in Oregon. Pigs can host both bird and human flu viruses, which can make them a dangerous "mixing bowl." Flu season can also heighten ...

University of Georgia researchers are partnering with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to better understand the risk of the bird flu virus in milk and steps needed to ensure milk safety.

A pig infected with bird flu in Oregon has raised concerns about the virus’s potential to threaten humans, but the current ...

"Additionally, based on CDC’s genomic sequencing of three California bird flu cases, there is no evidence to suggest an increased ability for the virus to infect or spread between people and no ...

Six people have contracted bird flu in California amid outbreaks in the state’s dairy industry, officials confirmed Friday. On Thursday, officials had confirmed a fourth person was infected and ...