Even as the world fixates on hMPV, a genuine pandemic threat is emerging in the form of H5N1 bird flu. The virus has jumped ...

With reports of the first human death from bird flu, some Americans are feeling an uncomfortable flashback to the early days ...

It is possible that horses were forced to feed on the carcasses of dead birds, the natural carriers of H5N1, as much of ...

A person in Louisiana who was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu has died.

The case in Louisiana is the first human death from bird flu in the U.S. during this current outbreak, but there was a death ...

The Louisiana patient was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu in the first death in the U.S. caused by the H5N1 virus ...

California State Veterinarian Dr. Annette Jones has issued a statewide ban on dairy cattle and poultry exhibitions to combat ...

The H5N1 bird flu has been reported to have caused the death of a patient in Louisiana. Such a case poses a significant ...

But, fatalities are not uncommon with H5N1 infections overall. According to data collected by the WHO, there have been 954 documented cases between 2003 and 2024. Of those, 464 were fatal, leading to ...

An animal disease specialist says the recent uptick in avian influenza outbreaks is in part due to the milder winter weather.

Researchers report the first confirmed cases of H5N1 bird flu in horses, highlighting their role as potential reservoirs for ...

Human MxA protein suppresses mammalian H5N1 virus replication, but emerging mutations may enable partial evasion, raising ...