Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses like H5N1, H5N6, and H7N9 pose an evolving global threat due to their capacity to ...

Over the past three years, avian influenza (H5N1) has spread around the U.S. and affected many species of birds and mammals, ...

Brazil, the world's largest chicken exporter, on Friday reported its first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza - also ...

Here's the latest to know about the virus and current situation. Bird flu, or avian influenza, is an infectious viral disease that primarily spreads among birds and is caused by infection with ...

Since April 2024, 70 human cases of bird flu have been reported, according to an update from the CDC in March. No cases so far have been caused by human-to-human transmission. “The current risk ...

No such cases have been reported in the United States. And so far, there is no evidence that the current H5N1 bird flu can be transmitted from one human to another. Nevertheless, scientists ...

But the potential for influenza A viruses that typically infect animals to cause pandemics in humans like the swine flu pandemic is why experts are concerned about the current avian influenza ...

The current bird flu epidemic should concern us all. Climate change-related temperature changes, food shortages, and rising seas are changing bird migration patterns, forcing bird populations into ...

"It’s important to know that the current risk for bird flu in people is low," says Dr. Jennifer Brull, president of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). "We are seeing that dairy ...

The current bird flu strain, which began spreading among wild birds and poultry in the U.S. in 2022, often causes severe neurological symptoms in cats, such as seizures and blindness, as well as ...

The current bird flu outbreak has infected 70 Americans and caused two deaths as of April 8, 2025. Public health and infectious disease experts say the risk to people is currently low, but they ...

a different kind of flu called bird flu, formally known as avian influenza, has been spreading in birds as well as in cattle. The current bird flu outbreak has infected 70 Americans and caused two ...