U.S. authorities also detected the more common H5N1 strain on the same farm in Merced County, California, they said in a ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — Researchers have identified nine mutations in a bird flu strain from a person in Texas. Bad news: this strain is more capable of causing disease and replicates better in the brain.

A subtype of influenza that is likely to be bird flu has been detected in three Arizona cities according to wastewater sampling. The FDA has begun testing cheese for bird flu as human cases of the ...

Bird flu is spreading amongst animals. Here's what humans should know. President Trump and Elon Musk, two powerful figures, ...

Dr. Todd Ellerin discusses the current risks from bird flu and other diseases, along with the announcement that the U.S. is ...

In recent months, bird flu has started raising red flags among scientists and public health officials. Apoorva Mandavilli, a New York Times reporter who covers infectious diseases, explains why we ...

Bird flu cases are still rising in the U.S. as the virus continues to devastate poultry farms. More than 145 million chickens, ducks, turkeys and other fowl have been slaughtered across the United ...

13, 2024 — Influenza or flu virus remains infectious in refrigerated raw milk for up to five days, according to a new study. The findings come at a time when outbreaks of bird flu -- a different ...

For 30 years now, scientists have worried about the possibility of a human outbreak of bird flu . Today, however, many experts believe we're closer than ever to a new pandemic. But the big ...

The Centers for Disease Control announced the first human death from H5N1 avian flu or "bird flu" in the United States on Jan. 6 -- and the illness continues to spread. In a Jan. 6 news release ...

The first case of bird flu on a farm in Pennsylvania in 2025 was detected on a poultry farm in Lehigh County on Monday, the state's Department of Agriculture announced. Lehigh County is roughly an ...

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (UPI) --This article was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for its public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters. As more cases ...