Avian influenza virus from the ongoing outbreak in dairy cattle appears to be keeping its bird-infecting features rather than ...

Studies suggest that people who had seasonal flus or vaccinations have low antibody levels against H5N1 bird flu.

H5N1 avian influenza virus was first found infecting cattle in 2024, though its risk of adapting to infect and spread through ...

Preexisting immunity to the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus provided near-complete protection against severe H5N1 disease and ...

Bird flu fears have focused on the poultry and dairy industries and human health. But wild animals are threatened, too—at ...

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

H5N1 avian influenza has long been a concerning virus. Since its discovery in 1996 in waterfowl, bird flu has occasionally caused isolated human cases that have quite often been fatal. The absolute ...

Scientists trace the heritage of the H5N1 virus that decimated ... 136 dead eagles were confirmed to have avian influenza across 24 states. Rebecca Poulson, a wildlife disease researcher at the ...

As bird flu evolves, keeping it out of farm flocks is getting harder New versions of the H5N1 virus are increasingly adept at spreading ...

The CDC ends its emergency response to H5N1 bird flu after recording 70 human cases and one death nationally, even as experts note seasonal patterns may increase fall cases.  Read More ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has ended its emergency response to the H5N1 avian flu. A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said that the emerg… ...

The agency’s H5N1 bird flu emergency response was activated in April 2024, and since then, there have been 70 cases of H5N1 bird flu found in humans, CDC data shows.