The H5N1 outbreak has impacted commercial poultry since early 2022, causing cases in over 82 million farmed birds alone. It’s been deemed the worst bird flu outbreak in American history—and ...

For several decades, scientists have rung alarms that a dangerous form of bird flu had pandemic potential. As H5N1 spreads to ...

The body of one of the victims of the world's worst flu outbreaks is to be exhumed in a bid to avert another deadly epidemic. Scientists are preparing to dig up the London grave of a 20-year-old ...

In the United States, it has affected more than 82 million farmed birds, the worst bird flu outbreak in U.S. history. Since the virus was first identified, sporadic cases have been found in people ...

The outbreak of H5N1 bird flu virus has spread to dairy cows for the first time in the United States, raising concerns about ...

Scientists are watching migratory birds, cattle and marine mammals across the Americas amid an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian flu (HPAI) that has infected at least one person. Last week ...

There has been a global outbreak of H5N1 bird flu since 2020, but recent outbreaks among cattle in several U.S. states has experts concerned the virus may mutate and eventually spread to humans ...

A poultry facility in Michigan and egg producer in Texas both reported outbreaks of avian flu this week. The latest developments on the virus also include infected dairy cows and the first known ...

The H5N1 avian flu virus has been causing outbreaks among poultry in the US, with 48 states and over 85 million poultry now affected. This virus is highly contagious among domestic poultry and can ...

Officials are continuing to investigate a recent bird flu outbreak following reports of one human case and infections in dairy cows in Texas and Kansas. The April 1 announcement from the U.S ...

Avian influenza, or “bird flu,” is a disease caused by influenza A viruses that spread widely among wild birds, and can cause outbreaks in commercial and backyard poultry flocks. Though there ...