Bird flu infections have been rare among people, but the pathogen is evolving, which has scientists worried about a possible ...

The North Dakota Department of Agriculture (NDDA) has confirmed the first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in ...

Avian flu strains tend to only affect birds, but the current outbreak has spread to cattle and – in rare cases – people. The ...

More than 100 federal scientists who track bird flu, including vaccine and food safety experts, have been laid off. This comes as the deadly pathogen rips through dairy herds and poultry flocks.

Texas health and wildlife officials have detected avian flu in at least four mammal species across six counties on the High Plains.

Foxes, raccoons, striped skunks and domestic cats have tested positive for the bird flu across six Texas counties, state ...

2025 — Pre-existing immunity against seasonal H1N1 flu might help explain why most reported human cases of H5N1 bird flu in the U.S. have not resulted in lethal ... Feb. 24, 2025 — Knowing ...

A USDA bird flu response plan, updated in May 2017 during Trump’s first administration ... across 16 states infected by October 2024. Human cases were reported, with 67 confirmed cases and ...

MEXICO CITY: A three-year-old girl in western Mexico died after contracting avian influenza A (H5N1), becoming the country's first fatal human case of the disease, health authorities said. The ...

President Donald Trump welcomed tens of thousands of people Monday to the White House Easter egg roll, saying the overcast ...

Glacier FarmMedia—The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said on Friday that a person hospitalized with bird flu was the first human case detected in the United States without any known ...

This was something virologists had been worrying about ever since this highly pathogenic strain of bird flu started its rapid global spread in 2020. But why were we worrying specifically about pigs?