The convergence of multiple flu strains in one animal can allow new virus strains to form—just as they did in past pandemics.

With cold and flu season approaching, it's worth knowing about another virus out there-albeit extremely rare: bird flu. Like ...

The highly virulent H5N1 avian influenza virus, responsible for the deaths of millions of birds worldwide since 2021, may be spreading through a surprising route: food theft among seabirds ...

Health officials say they don’t know how a Missouri person caught bird flu, but they believe it may be a rare instance of a ...

The deadly bird flu virus, H5N1, has been detected in the wastewater of 10 Texas cities, signaling a silent spread that could ...

Epidemiologists have not yet identified exactly how a person in Missouri contracted bird flu last week, said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday.

Until recently, every human case of avian flu this year involved people who came in contact with infected poultry or cows.

Just how deadly is the H5N1 avian flu? The virus, which is currently sweeping through U.S. dairy herds, rarely jumps to human ...

Outside of human-to-human transmission, there could have been some "overlooked animal contact," Adalja told MedPage Today.

The public and private sectors should step in now to counter the threat of an H5N1 bird flu epidemic, experts say. Farm ...

A puffin population has been declared "stable" following fears that bird flu might have had a more devastating effect. The first full count for five years on the Farne Islands off Northumberland ...