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 ...

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 ...

The nation's first human death due to the bird flu occurred this month, the latest development in a global outbreak that, ...

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.

A recent bird flu death has sparked fears that a "brand-new virus" could potentially mutate under the right conditions and ...

Robert Redfield, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), warned that a bird flu pandemic was coming. He said ...

Over the past several months, bird-flu numbers have been steadily ticking up, especially among farmworkers who interact ...

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

As health officials track bird flu cases, we're getting answers about what this could mean for human transmission.

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 ...

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