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

Bird flu cases reported in parts of Maharashtra have triggered fresh public health concern, especially after infected poultry were detected in affected zones. While human infections remain rare, ...

A case report published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this week has confirmed something experts ...

H5N1 bird flu has infected growing numbers of people worldwide in recent years, but this week saw something new: the first recorded human case of an H5N5 avian influenza virus. What is this virus and ...

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

The first ever avian influenza vaccine recently started trials in the UK. This marks a milestone in the prevention of bird flu infections in humans. The vaccine targets the H5N1 flu strain, which ...

A potential case of bird flu jumping from a domestic cat to a human has been documented for the first time. The U.S. Centers ...

Clare Howard was one of the first people to be vaccinated against the bird flu strain The first volunteers in the UK have been immunised with a vaccine to protect against a potential bird flu pandemic ...

Sign up for TPR Today, Texas Public Radio's newsletter that brings our top stories to your inbox each morning. A recent bird flu death in Washington state is a ...

A first-of-its-kind trial has been launched to test a new vaccine for bird flu in humans. Thousands of people in the UK are expected to be recruited for the study, with poultry farmers or those who ...

Bird flu viruses are a particular threat to humans because they can replicate at temperatures higher than a typical fever, one of the body's ways of stopping viruses in their tracks, according to new ...

Experts warn that while the virus is "evolving and spreading" rapidly among animals, and does not yet easily transmit between ...