Easy replication in cattle mammary glands means H5N1 bird flu is under no evolutionary pressure to adapt to spread easily in humans.

H5N1 bird flu has now crossed into U.S. dairy cattle for the first time, and alarmingly, it did so through just one spillover ...

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

Questions are answered by experts at the Oregon Health Authority, other state agencies or community partners. Questions and ...

Experts say the short-term risk of a pandemic is low, but the recent appearance in mammals of the potentially dangerous avian ...

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.

Across Europe, the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza appears to be in decline as the summer approaches.

From egg prices to pet food recalls – and now, confirmation that another strain of bird flu has infected a large commercial ...

In 2024, as zoos were hit hard by H5N1 bird flu, big cats were particularly affected: tigers, lions, a cheetah, and a panther ...

A 3-year-old girl from Durango, Mexico, has died from H5N1 Bird Flu, according to the World Health Organization. The child ...

A variant of the bird flu virus, collected in 2016 and no longer in circulation, was just one mutation away from being able ...

Dyeing eggs as part of the Easter celebration goes back at least as far as the Middle Ages, and perhaps earlier. Some 47 ...