Although development of a jab for the H5N1 strain of avian flu is well under way, other strains are receiving less attention ...

Officials have detected highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in a dairy cattle herd in Wisconsin, according to the ...

Finding that vampire bats along Peru’s coast carried H5N1 antibodies raises concerns that multiple bat species could become ...

A team of Indian researchers using an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based model has decoded how the deadly virus can actually spillover to humans ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) notes that Avian flu has a variant of the virus that has led to an unprecedented number ...

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, ...

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 ...

While the world struggles to fight and recover from air pollution, scientists are once again urging vigilance, warning of an ...

For turkey farmer Erica Sawatzke, Thanksgiving was going terribly. It was 2023, and while others were eating their turkey dinners, Sawatzke felt a pit growing in her stomach as her flocks seemed to be ...

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, ...

Avian influenza is devastating poultry operations, spreading in dairy cattle and infecting farm workers. Why isn’t the United ...

February 23, 2012 — The World Health Organization's H5N1 diagnostic criteria only identify the sickest patients, which has resulted in alarming fatality rates that are inaccurate, according to an ...