CDC officials say they extended the guidance now because they are seeing more H5N1 patients whose illness they cannot track ...

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

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

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

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

President Joe Biden's outgoing administration on Thursday announced $211 million in new funding to develop mRNA vaccines ...

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

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 ...

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.

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

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 ...