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 ...

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.

America should have more aggressively intervened almost a year ago.

The U.S. has developed a bird flu vaccine that can be prepared when needed. It’s not currently available because health ...

Multiple state agencies, as well as the Little Rock Zoo, are continuing to monitor the spread of the avian flu in Arkansas.

The Philippines reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N2 bird flu among backyard ducks, the World Organisation for ...

The U.S. government failed to eliminate the virus on dairy farms when it was confined to a handful of states. Now at least ...

A Louisiana patient has died from bird flu. It's the first bird flu death in the US. Public health risk remains low, ...

Though H5N1 has been circulating nationwide in wild birds, domestic poultry, and mammals since 2022, you may have only been ...

Each week some revelation about bird flu seems to flutter through the news cycle. Here's what the latest research is saying about how it is spreading. Turkeys at a farm as California declares state of ...