The H5N1 avian flu is circulating in cows and other mammals. Whether it will make a permanent leap to humans is another ...

Influenza viruses like bird flu can mix and match their genomes, and this has played a role in at least three of the last ...

Scientists always knew a deadly virus was going to jump from animals to humans: COVID was not the first time it has happened, ...

For months, bird flu was seemingly everywhere in the U.S.: news headlines reported the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza ...

While rare, bird flu has infected over 140 cats since 2022, according to government data. Here's how to protect your pets.

The policy sees birds exposed to avian influenza killed. The virus is a public health concern that scientists fear could ...

From the outset of the Trump administration, bird flu, or H5N1 avian influenza, has flown rather conspicuously — and in fact ...

The virus has not yet evolved to spread efficiently between people. Excellent vaccine technology exists, but the government ...

In just 3 years, the Influenza Vaccines Research and Development (R&D) Roadmap Initiative has demonstrated important ...

New versions of the H5N1 virus are increasingly adept at spreading. Suggestions to either let it rip in poultry or vaccinate the birds could backfire.

In a Policy Forum, Erin Sorrell and colleagues – a coalition of virologists, veterinarians, and health security experts – ...