At the start of 2025, health officials in Louisiana reported the first U.S. bird flu death and experts questioned whether ...

Scientists have been keeping an eye on bird flu ever since it was first discovered nearly 30 years ago. Experts have long recognized that the H5N1 virus that causes the disease has pandemic potential, ...

Although development of a jab for the H5N1 strain of avian flu is well under way, other strains are receiving less attention — and political obstacles to research could hamper progress.

Gautam Menon, professor at Ashoka University, and his team modeled a potential H5N1 spillover in a poultry district. Their ...

The first severe case of H5N1 bird flu was confirmed in Louisiana. Here is a map of other states that have been affected.

Soaring egg prices and concerns about bird flu spreading from wild birds and cattle to humans were top of mind for many Americans at the beginning of 2025. The topic recently made its way back into ...

Scientists have warned H5N1 bird flu could make a dangerous leap to humans, triggering a global health crisis.

Migratory bird season peaks in Michigan in May. Dairy and poultry farmers worry that the birds could bring H5N1 avian influenza with them to Michigan and infect their flocks and herds. Scientists are ...

In this Instagram Live discussion, MedPage Today editor-in-chief Jeremy Faust, MD, speaks with Nahid Bhadelia, MD, founding director of the Boston University Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases, ...

The bird flu (avian H5N1 influenza) has been circulating widely in cattle and other mammals. Many researchers note that there is a risk of a human pandemic. Some studies suggest that older humans are ...

(CNN) — Raw cheese made with milk from dairy cattle infected with bird flu can harbor infectious virus for months and may be a risk to public health, according to a new study from researchers at ...