Type A viruses are the most significant for human and animal health, and they are all descended from avian viruses. The flu A ...

Avian influenza virus cases tend to rise during the colder months, as is the case with human influenza. However, since 2020, ...

The first human to have ever been infected with H5N5 strain of bird flu has died, Washington state health officials confirmed ...

While it remains seasonal in poultry, the disease is spreading in dairy cows and infecting hundreds of other ...

Inflated food prices are already on the minds of Americans in the lead-up to the holidays, and bird flu has the potential to hinder Thanksgiving festivities, specifically. Will you be greeted by ...

After a Western Washington resident became the first human to contract a rare form of avian flu, you may be wondering if ...

Although bird flu infections in humans remain rare, this case marks a significant development in flu surveillance in the U.S.

The person, who had been hospitalized in King County since early November, died on Nov. 21, health officials said.

Since late 2021, a panzootic, or "a pandemic in animals," of highly pathogenic bird flu variant H5N1 has devastated wild ...

The country's first-ever H5N5 bird flu case has been confirmed in Washington state, where a resident is hospitalized with a ...

The older adult male in Washington State who tested positive for avian flu in early November has died and was the first ...

According to a new study, an evolutionary shift around 2020 helped the bird flu virus adapt better to wild birds.