A virologist explains that why this probably isn’t the big one — but that it’s a sign of bad things happening with the virus.

Federal health officials say that not only has a Louisiana resident contracted the first severe case of bird flu in the U.S., ...

Each week some revelation about bird flu seems to flutter through the news cycle. Here's what the latest research is saying ...

Federal health officials have confirmed unsettling new details about the first United States case of severe bird flu, ...

The CDC stressed there has been no known transmission of the virus from the Louisiana patient to anyone else. The agency said its findings about the mutations were “concerning,” but the risk to the ...

The agency, in its latest update released Thursday, said the mutations were not found in samples taken from wild birds, suggesting the virus changed over the course of the patient’s ...

The US hasn’t learned lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic that it could use to mitigate the threat of pathogens like H5N1 bird ...

Samples from a hospitalized patient in Louisiana show changes that could make the H5N1 virus spread more easily between ...

A genetic analysis of the H5N1 bird flu in a Louisiana patient reveals potential mutations for human transmissibility, says ...

While the risk of infection to the general public remains low, the recent rise in human cases linked to backyard flocks has raised concerns.

Northwest Naturals recalls pet food nationwide after bird flu detection in Oregon. Learn about the recall and safety measures ...

But while the current risk from our fuzzy feline friends is considered very low, public health officials nonetheless have ...