Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses like H5N1, H5N6, and H7N9 pose an evolving global threat due to their capacity to infect birds, mammals, and occasionally humans, with sporadic outbreaks and ...

Researchers identified a novel genotype (D1.1) of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 spreading among wild birds, poultry, ...

The first major global review of bird flu in cats reveals an emerging threat of a potential human pandemic. Spring is here, ...

Researchers at the University of Maryland recently revealed a disturbing trend: cats are catching bird flu—and dying from ...

Over the past three years, avian influenza (H5N1) has spread around the U.S. and affected many species of birds and mammals, ...

While only a handful of human infections have occurred so far, the report said that the virus had a staggering mortality rate ...

Health officials are making a renewed call for vigilance against bird flu​, but some experts are puzzling over why reports of ...

As bird flu sweeps across US poultry and cattle farms, researchers are racing to find ways to contain the outbreaks before ...

How dangerous is it? Where did it come from? H5N1 influenza’s origins stretch back to the 1990s, and key events paved the way ...

The idea is biologically plausible and historically grounded — and it reframes how we think about the origin of pandemics.

WHO's new pandemic accord faces uncertainty due to the US absence, pandemic aid delays in Gaza, a Texas measles outbreak, and ...