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.

Though the current public health risk of H5N1 bird flu is low, the University of Florida (UF) is taking a proactive approach ...

Although the avian flu (H5N1) virus may not be making the news as frequently, it is still working hard behind the scenes, ...

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

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday it has ended its emergency response for H5N1 bird flu, ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins have expressed interest in letting H5N1 ...

More than 11,700 chickens were culled in Odisha’s Puri in February this year after detecting the H5N1 strain of avian ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it has ended its emergency response to H5N1 bird flu, citing a drop in ...

The CDC ends its emergency response to H5N1 bird flu after recording 70 human cases and one death nationally, even as experts ...

H5N1 bird flu can cause severe illness in humans. Experts warn it spreads from animals, not people, but can turn deadly if ...

Cambodia's Ministry of Health recently confirmed the country's twelfth human case of H5N1 avian influenza so far this year.

The agency says the decision comes after a steady drop in cases and no new human infections reported since February. The emergency declaration, first issued on April 4, 2024, helped the CDC ramp up ...