The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Friday it will award $306 million in additional funding to monitor ...

Gov. Newsom declared a state of emergency as the virus continues to infect dairy herds across the country — including more ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is ramping up its bird flu response, by awarding $306 million in ...

Previous seasonal flu infections and vaccinations may protect us against infection from the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu ...

Public health experts are urging vigilance amid recent reports of severe bird flu cases in two North American patients. The ...

A 13-year-old girl in Canada became so sick with H5N1, or bird flu, in late 2024 that she had to be put on a ventilator.

The CDC has revealed the red flags it is monitoring for that suggest that bird flu was about to become the world's next ...

Most human cases of bird flu in North America have been mild, a fact that’s underscored by a new study of the first 46 ...

Genetic analysis of H5N1 bird flu virus that infected a Canadian teenager shows 'worrisome' mutations, new studies reveal.

In 2024, at least 66 human cases of bird flu have been reported in the United States, each one raising the risk of another ...

A new mutation and the first severe case of H5N1 bird flu discovered in a human in Louisiana has raised concern among some ...