As summer approaches, infectious diseases such as H5N1 — commonly known as bird flu — can spread more easily and potentially ...

These findings alone do not mean that the bird flu virus is on its way to creating another pandemic, the researchers said. The bird flu virus strain that is rampant among dairy cows in the U.S. may ...

H5N1 bird flu samples collected from a severely ill patient in Louisiana show signs of mutations that may make the virus more transmissible to humans, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

More than two years after H5N1 bird flu was first detected in U.S. dairy cattle, the virus has proven remarkably good at infecting cows and flooding raw milk with viral material. What it has not done, ...

The highly pathogenic avian influenza has surprised researchers with its resilience and mutations that have jumped to mammals and humans. Avian flu detection in commercial poultry is down, a welcome ...

The first ever avian influenza vaccine recently started trials in the US. This marks a milestone in the prevention of bird flu infections in humans.

The CDC advised pet owners not to feed raw animal products to cats and for vets to use protective equipment ...

While the disease primarily affects birds, health experts say certain strains of the virus, especially H5N1, can occasionally infect humans and cause severe illness.

Former WHO chief scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan has warned a future pandemic could be 'much worse than coronavirus'.

Seek Labs Awarded $2 Million Federal Grant for a Novel CRISPR-Based, Mutation-Resistant Therapeutic to Combat Avian Flu in Partnership with Canadian Food Inspection Agency USDA grant is part of a ...