A Yunlin goose farm had to put down 2,600 birds after a case of H5N1 avian flu. It's one of 17 Taiwanese poultry farms since ...

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, ...

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

The bird flu that’s been making news in the United States is a virus called H5N1. Some flu viruses carried by birds cause only mild infections and are classified as low-pathogenic viruses.

The CDC ends its emergency response to H5N1 bird flu after recording 70 human cases and one death nationally, even as experts ...

Rising H5N1 bird flu cases in the U.S. prompted the CDC to study the virus in ferrets, revealing it may have the potential to spread and cause severe symptoms in other mammals.

The first signs that H5N1 avian flu was starting to spread from person to person would trigger a race to produce massive amounts of vaccine.

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

The first death caused by H5N1 bird flu was reported in January 2025. Some believe the virus could eventually pose a widespread risk to the public.

With the H5N1 bird flu outbreak, the current risk to the general public is low, though individuals with job-related or recreational exposure to infected cattle are at higher risk for infection ...