Another cause for concern: flu season is underway in the U.S., and as seasonal influenza virus goes around, “humans, ...

Initial testing had indicated the teenager's infection was from bird flu and was confirmed in further testing, the Public ...

To date, a subtype of highly pathogenic avian influenza—known as H5N1—has been detected in over 9,000 wild birds and has affected greater than 90 million poultry in the United States.

The World Health Organization voiced alarm at the growing spread of H5N1 bird flu to new species, including humans, who face an ‘extraordinarily high’ mortality rate. Hong Kong should test for ...

More AFP/Getty Images Since 2022, the bird flu virus has resulted in the culling of over 100 million poultry birds in the nation's worst-ever bird flu outbreak, and this year 36 people have tested ...

Rising H5N1 bird flu cases in the U.S. prompted the CDC to study the virus in ferrets, revealing it may have the potential to ...

Pigs can become coinfected with bird and human viruses, allowing genes to swap to form a new, more dangerous virus that can ...

Bird flu is a fatal viral disease that can affect both wild and domestic birds, including chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys.

A teen from the Fraser Health region, remains in critical condition in B.C. Children's Hospital after contracting Canada's ...

Bird flu, also known as avian influenza, refers to influenza viruses that primarily infect birds but can sometimes spread to other animals, including humans. There are many subtypes, but the most ...

Avian influenza may be jumping to people directly from migratory birds as they travel thousands of miles across the globe’s flyways, scientists have warned. It has long been known that these ...

There have, to date, been no confirmed cases of avian influenza (bird flu) in Falklands wild or domestic birds. Since September 2022 there have been increased biosecurity measures for incoming ...