Researchers are not just worried about the virus popping up on American farms. Other types are causing trouble around the ...

A new report reveals that more Americans may have had bird flu without reporting any symptoms. How many cases have been ...

Outbreaks of H5N1, or highly pathogenic avian influenza — commonly known as bird flu — have been confirmed at a commercial ...

In January 2025, the flu took that Louisiana patient’s life. The individual was older than 65, had preexisting health ...

Public health alerts about bird flu often repeat that the “risk to the general public is low,” which can sound reassuring but ...

As the virus settles into a fall-and-winter cycle, bald eagles are drawing particular interest from scientists.

Bird flu was detected in a dairy herd in Dodge County, the first such case documented among dairy cattle in Wisconsin. The state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection identified a ...

Indoor-only cats are contracting H5N1, challenging the assumption that only outdoor hunters are at risk. Raw pet food and unpasteurized milk have been identified as significant vectors for viral ...

A Seattle-area senior who was raising a backyard flock of mixed domestic birds died from the H5N5 strain of avian influenza last month after being hospitalized for complications related to the virus.

The US experienced its first known bird flu deaths this year, igniting concerns that the virus could set off a pandemic in people. Nevertheless, it still reined in the outbreak enough to warrant ...

There's an unwritten rule in publishing, or so I've been told: Don't write about COVID. Our collective attention span has been saturated by those endless months holed up in attics and cramped corners ...