While rare, bird flu has infected over 140 cats since 2022, according to government data. Here's how to protect your pets.

New versions of the H5N1 virus are increasingly adept at spreading. Suggestions to either let it rip in poultry or vaccinate the birds could backfire.

Although the avian flu (H5N1) virus may not be making the news as frequently, it is still working hard behind the scenes, ...

Scientists always knew a deadly virus was going to jump from animals to humans: COVID was not the first time it has happened, ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins have expressed interest in letting H5N1 ...

South Africa has reported the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza, or bird flu, on two poultry farms in the ...

A bird flu outbreak in Odisha's Puri district has led to emergency containment measures, including the culling of over 6,700 ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has ended its emergency response to the H5N1 avian flu. A spokesperson ...

From the outset of the Trump administration, bird flu, or H5N1 avian influenza, has flown rather conspicuously — and in fact ...

According to the CDC, there has been a decline in animal infections and no reports of human cases since February.

Cambodia’s Ministry of Health recently confirmed the country’s twelfth human case of H5N1 avian influenza so far this year.

H5N1 bird flu can cause severe illness in humans. Experts warn it spreads from animals, not people, but can turn deadly if ...