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

Eggs are in short supply in California and high priced due to bird flu, laws, high labor and supply costs, and increased ...

Seasonal influenza vaccines triggered protective immune responses against the H5N1 avian influenza virus primarily in younger ...

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

The first known death from a bird flu virus in the US has sparked fears about another pandemic, yet the overall risk to the ...

In its announcement this week of the first human death from bird flu in the United States, health officials in Louisiana were ...

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

With reports of the first human death from bird flu in the US, some Americans are feeling an uncomfortable flashback to the ...

In early December 2024, a group of researchers published an article in the journal Science, entitled "A single mutation in ...

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 ...

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