As local reports of dead birds rise, the greatest human risk continues to fall on some of the most vulnerable: farm workers.

H5N1 avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, has long ceased to be just a problem for birds. Since its arrival in the United States in 2014, the virus has aggressively expanded its territory, ...

The first human case of H9N2 influenza virus (bird flu) has been reported in Europe. A human infection was recorded by the ...

It’s one of the worst nightmares facing epidemiologists: that the bird flu virus rampaging through poultry farms around the world could make the leap to human hosts. Now, researchers in India have ...

A fast-moving bird flu outbreak is devastating marine mammals, with massive losses reported across South America’s coasts.

Study shows human-derived H5N1 spreads more easily through contact than animal strains, raising concerns about adaptation in ...

Italy’s Ministry of Health recorded a human infection with influenza A(H9N2) on March 25, 2026, in a patient from the ...

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Whether or not it arrives on the wings of a bird, UB influenza experts are underscoring the importance of advancing research aimed at improving vaccine production and creating new ways to attack ...

LONDON - Steve Williams walked into the Sperling drugstore clutching a prescription for Tamiflu, a medicine that some experts think may help people survive a lethal strain of bird flu that already is ...

As China quietly bans live poultry sales and avian flu circulates among humans with a historically devastating kill rate, questions about transparency are growing louder — and the echoes of 2019 are ...