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 ...

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 ...

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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, ...

One of the earliest strains of bird flu isolated from a human in Texas shows a unique constellation of mutations that enable ...

At least 66 people, most of them dairy workers, have been infected. Last week, the Louisiana Health Department reported the ...

The first person in the U.S. just died from a strain of the virus in Louisiana, but there’s still some simple ways to stay ...

Death Records examined data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to understand and explain the evolution in ...