H5N1 strains have been circulating among wild and domestic birds in the U.S. since 2021. In 2024, it began to cause outbreaks ...
A case report published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this week has confirmed something experts ...
The H5N1 strain of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza continues to infect poultry in Arkansas and across the country.
On November 13, Spain's Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food imposed the confinement of all free-range poultry farms to curb the spread of avian influenza—more commonly known as "bird ...
The CDC advised pet owners not to feed raw animal products to cats and for vets to use protective equipment ...
The first ever avian influenza vaccine recently started trials in the UK. This marks a milestone in the prevention of bird ...
While the disease primarily affects birds, health experts say certain strains of the virus, especially H5N1, can occasionally infect humans and cause severe illness.
The H5N1 strain has a history of causing severe illness in humans, with a global death rate of about 48 percent between 2003 and 2025, based on nearly 1,000 cases reported to the World Health ...
Scientists recently confirmed that a variation of the avian influenza virus is responsible for sea bird deaths in Antarctica. Researchers from Erasmus MC in the Netherlands and the University of ...
H5N1 bird flu has infected growing numbers of people worldwide in recent years, but this week saw something new: the first recorded human case of an H5N5 avian influenza virus. What is this virus and ...