Highly pathogenic avian influenza, HPAI, specifically HPAI H5N1, commonly referred to as “bird flu,” has rippled far beyond farms and impacted Americans of all walks of life, whether they know it or ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at avian flu. Avian influenza, also called avian flu or bird flu, is an illness that usually affects only birds. There are many different strains of avian flu: 16 H subtypes and ...

Two weeks after scientists confirmed the first-ever outbreak of avian influenza, or bird flu, in elephant seals along the ...

Park goers may have noticed an increase in dead or dying birds lately amid an active outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, or bird flu, throughout the state. New Jersey reported the ...

H5N1 bird flu has infected growing numbers of people worldwide in recent years, but this week saw something new: the first recorded human case of an H5N5 avian influenza virus. What is this virus and ...

The cluster of infections appears confined to an area of San Mateo County, and no cases have been detected at Point Reyes National Seashore.

At the start of 2025, health officials in Louisiana reported the first U.S. bird flu death and experts questioned whether highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) could lead to the next pandemic. A ...

A United Nations food agency warned that the continued spread of the H5N1 bird flu virus is an unprecedented food security risk that requires a coordinated global response. In a briefing held on ...

The first known human infected with the H5N5 strain of bird flu has died, Washington state health officials confirmed on Friday. The patient was an older adult with underlying health conditions and ...

Kentucky Department of Agriculture officials have quarantined and euthanized a backyard poultry flock in Jessamine County after a bird tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza. Commonly ...

A New Jersey town has closed two adjacent parks, and health officials across the state are on high alert after multiple suspected cases of H5N1 bird flu. Dead Canadian geese near Alcyon Lake in Pitman ...

For the first time, deadly H5N1 bird flu has been confirmed as the cause of a wildlife die-off in Antarctica, killing more than 50 skuas during the 2023–2024 summers. Researchers on an Antarctic ...