The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has ramped up its fight against the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza ...

Just hours after the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the first severe case of bird flu in the United States on Wednesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued a state ...

The Louisiana Department of Health has confirmed the first human death caused by H5N1 avian influenza in the United States. The victim, a person over 65 years of age with pre-exist ...

This colorized electron microscope image shows avian influenza A H5N1 virus particles (yellow), grown in Madin-Darby Canine Kidney (MDCK) epithelial cells (blue). AP Previous illnesses in the U.S ...

The fate of a Canadian teenager who was infected with H5N1 bird flu in early November, and subsequently admitted to an intensive care unit, has finally been revealed: She has fully recovered.

First U.S. death from H5N1 avian influenza raises pandemic concerns First recorded avian flu death in the U.S. raises alarm ...

This case is the first confirmed instance of a severe human infection linked to the H5N1 virus. The CDC said its assessment of risk to the public remains low. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...

After another raw pet food recall and a cluster of H5N1 bird-flu-infected cats, Los Angeles county public health officials are re-upping their warning to pet owners: Stop feeding your dogs and ...

By Emily Anthes and Apoorva Mandavilli Domestic cats could provide an unexpected new route for the bird flu virus H5N1 to evolve into a more dangerous form, according to a new study published on ...

FILE -This colorized electron microscope image released by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on March 26, 2024, shows avian influenza A H5N1 virus particles (yellow), grown ...