The progression of the species-jumping disease has been unprecedented, including the first-ever U.S. cases of infections in ...

While the H5N1 bird flu keep spreading, the first reported H5N9 outbreak in the United States has been identified on a duck ...

First U.S. detection of virulent H5N9 strain, at a California duck farm, draws scrutiny as evidence of genetic reassortment ...

A pandemic is not inevitable, scientists say. But the outbreak has passed worrisome milestones in recent weeks, including ...

H5N1 Virus Outbreak News: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued an emergency warning for the H5N1 avian influenza virus, also known as bird flu. The virus, which has ...

The team found that animals that had the virus inoculated directly into their lungs became severely ill, whereas animals that ...

The death has sparked fresh concerns about the virus's potential to trigger another possible pandemic crisis globally -- very much similar to the COVID-19 pandemic. "Bird flu virus may have turned ...

Spanish flu pandemic was caused by a particularly virulent strain of influenza virus. It infected 500 million people, caused ...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), of which the CDC is part, believes the current bird flu outbreak has pandemic potential. Though person-to-person spread hasn’t yet been ...