In a new report, the Global Virus Network (GVN) has urged governments to boost surveillance, strengthen farm safety measures, ...

A year after the virus jumped from birds to cows, the change in administration, as warned by scientists themselves, does not ...

A group of leading global virologists has published a comprehensive analysis advocating for a coordinated multi-government ...

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

In just over a year, the virus has ravaged America's dairy herds ... H5N1 is a specific strain of influenza A virus, also known as bird flu. The avian flu is a highly contagious respiratory ...

As H5N1 bird flu spreads across species in the US, global experts warn that ongoing mutations, cross-species infections, and ...

US health experts are voicing concerns as the H5N1 avian flu virus rapidly propagates throughout US dairy farms.

Avian flu scares the United States. Virologists fear that the virus could lead to a pandemic for humans. The alarm comes from ...

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

Avian flu spreads rapidly among domesticated birds with weaker immunity and can mutate to become especially deadly. If these ...

Bird flu, also known as H5N1, has been around for decades. But a discovery in 2024 came as a surprise to public health experts.