Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses were found in 38 people in CA from Sept. 30 to Dec. 24, 2024, including the first pediatric case in the US.

Feed stores are selling out of baby chickens. But there are downsides to having a backyard flock, such as cost and potential ...

Public health officials in at least one state are now offering money as an incentive to encourage people to get screened or ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now working with California on a project that is offering gift cards to ...

Texas health and wildlife officials have detected avian flu in at least four mammal species across six counties on the High Plains.

Bird flu has long been a concern for scientists, but recent developments have raised alarms about its potential to cause a global pandemic. The discovery in 2024 that the H5N1 virus had jumped from ...

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

Health officials in Vietnam have reported a severe H5N1 avian flu infection in an 8-year-old girl who is experiencing ...

Robert Redfield, a former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), warned that it is "not a question ...

More than 100 federal scientists who track bird flu, including vaccine and food safety experts, have been laid off. This ...

Bird flu infections have been rare among people, but the pathogen is evolving, which has scientists worried about a possible ...