Older adults who were exposed to seasonal flu viruses that circulated prior to 1968 are more likely to have some protection against H5N1, and children would benefit more from H5N1 vaccines.

We live in an era when human activities are negatively modifying the world at alarming rates. We are experiencing a massive ...

Seasonal influenza is not just a minor inconvenience—it can lead to serious health complications, especially in high-risk ...

In outbreak developments, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) ...

This strain causes severe bronchitis with excessive coughing, requiring nebulizers, inhalers, or oral steroids for relief, ...

Recent outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (also known as bird flu) have created a need for rapid and sensitive ...

For turkey farmer Erica Sawatzke, Thanksgiving was going terribly. It was 2023, and while others were eating their turkey ...

Pandemic influenza remains a significant global health threat, as signalled by the circulation and cross-species transmission of avian influenza A(H5N1) viruses from the clade 2.3.4.4b, including ...

H5N1, which was first detected in 1996 in China and was found in the United States in 2022, has affected 160 million poultry ...

Don't take down birdfeeders. Here are ways you can help stop the spread of avian influenza, also known as bird flu.

Perhaps for the first time in the country, cats have been found infected with the deadly H5N1 bird flu (avian influenza) ...

The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu travelled 6,600 kilometres over the sea to Kerguelen Island, which is just 440km from ...