After an outbreak at a B.C. farm, Canada’s food inspection agency said nearly 400 surviving ostriches would be killed ...

Influenza viruses like bird flu can mix and match their genomes, and this has played a role in at least three of the last ...

Just five years after the coronavirus pandemic struck, another animal-borne disease is mutating and spreading across borders ...

A deep-prevention approach – human, animal and environmental – is needed to respond to challenges that require concerted ...

US President Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), right, during a Make ...

At first, the monovalent influenza A (H5N8) vaccine will be tested in two doses, 21 days apart, in adults aged 18–59.

The virus has not yet evolved to spread efficiently between people. Excellent vaccine technology exists, but the government has just withdrawn funding for the development of a bird flu vaccine. Every ...

The first death caused by H5N1 bird flu was reported in January 2025. Some believe the virus could eventually pose a widespread risk to the public.

As more humans become infected by H5N1 bird flu, experts worry of a new pandemic with 70 human cases in the U.S. including 1 death. What to look for.

More than a year after bird flu jumped to cattle, scientists are focused on two big questions: Could bird flu become a pandemic? And how can we stop that from happening?

Virus experts are issuing an “urgent call to action” about bird flu, warning about a rising threat from H5N1 and offering steps to prevent pandemic.