CDC officials say they extended the guidance now because they are seeing more H5N1 patients whose illness they cannot track ...
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 ...
Trump's pick for health secretary has a record of attacking vaccines. In fact he's even taken direct aim at bird flu shots.
Eggs are in short supply in California and high priced due to bird flu, laws, high labor and supply costs, and increased ...
A recent bird flu death has sparked fears that a "brand-new virus" could potentially mutate under the right conditions and ...
Biden officials touted the steps they took to halt or prevent disease threats, but some public heath researchers offer a more ...
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, ...
Independent experts have told MailOnline the threat of a new pandemic sparked by bird flu is low but 'cannot be excluded' as a possibility. Weeks a go the UK Health Security Agency announced it ...