The virus impacts milk production and poses significant risks to other bird species, particularly domestic poultry as well as ...

Since early 2024, the U.S. has logged 66 human cases of H5N1. Scientists are keeping a watchful eye on the virus’s spread as we enter a new year.

Avian flu is rampant in poultry farms and in wild birds in the U.S. Every mutation brings the virus one step closer to the ...

Farmers, animal rescues and zookeepers in Rhode Island are taking precautions to protect animals, their workers and the ...

A recent bird flu death has sparked fears that a "brand-new virus" could potentially mutate under the right conditions and ...

After two animals died of bird flu in Chicago, the Lincoln Park Zoo’s bird house will be closed for the near future.

Researchers have identified nine mutations in a bird flu strain from a person in Texas. Bad news: this strain is more capable of causing disease and replicates better in the brain. Good news: approved ...

Over the past several months, bird-flu numbers have been steadily ticking up, especially among farmworkers who interact ...

Current strains of bird flu are “poorly suited for pandemic potential,” said Dr. Shira Doron, a Tufts Medicine infectious ...

The nation's first human death due to the bird flu occurred this month, the latest development in a global outbreak that, ...