The Biden administration is releasing a "roadmap" for maintaining government defenses against infectious diseases, just as ...

Trump's pick for health secretary has a record of attacking vaccines. In fact he's even taken direct aim at bird flu shots.

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

A variant of the virus caused disease in people in 1997, when there was a small but deadly outbreak in Hong Kong. Eighteen ...

F or months, bird flu has been on Desiree’ Moffitt’s mind. The more she learns about the H5N1 virus, and the more updates ...

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.

The administration is committing an additional $306 million toward battling the virus, and will distribute the money before ...

An awkward question remains five years after Covid-19 began its deadly rampage: is the world ready to handle the next ...

As the bird flu outbreak grows, consumers may worry about that morning omelet and the flu's spread to humans. The big picture ...

The first severe human case of bird flu was recently reported in the U.S. Here are some ways the U.S. may be repeating the ...

More than 100 chickens, geese, ducks and other birds at Hess-Hathaway Park in Waterford have been culled after some tested ...

He said “stepping up monitoring and preparedness ... he doesn’t believe an H5N1 pandemic is “imminent or likely,” though predicts there will be avian influenza pandemics in the future.