The general public are showing “ignorance and apathy” towards the threat of bird flu, say the authors of a new editorial, ...

Bird flu infections have been rare among people, but the pathogen is evolving, which has scientists worried about a possible ...

Robert Redfield, a former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), warned that it is "not a question ...

Avian flu strains tend to only affect birds, but the current outbreak has spread to cattle and – in rare cases – people. The ...

More than 100 federal scientists who track bird flu, including vaccine and food safety experts, have been laid off. This comes as the deadly pathogen rips through dairy herds and poultry flocks.

Bird flu has long been a concern for scientists, but recent developments have raised alarms about its potential to cause a global pandemic. The discovery in 2024 that the H5N1 virus had jumped from ...

With its continued spread and mutations, veterinarians and virologists interviewed warn this outbreak could become a new ...

A nanoparticle-based vaccine candidate for H5N1 avian influenza achieved 100% protection in preclinical trials, offering hope ...

Preventing a pandemic means early detection of bird flu strains — surveillance of viral spread and influenza infections in ...

A team led by researchers say public ignorance and apathy towards bird flu (highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI) could pose a serious obstacle to containing the virus and preventing a ...

Avian influenza, which primarily affects poultry, has now adapted to wild birds, accompanying them in their journeys across ...

"And that's the only consistent thing I can say about it." Biologically, H5N1 isn't so different from any other influenza A ...