A 13-year-old girl in Canada became so sick with H5N1, or bird flu, in late 2024 that she had to be put on a ventilator.

The administration said it was committing $306 million toward improving hospital preparedness, early-stage research on ...

Former Baltimore health commissioner Dr. Leana Wen suggested President Joe Biden push the Food and Drug Administration to ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called it the first severe case in the U.S., though the risk to most of the ...

After avian flu began spreading to cattle ... When given to humans, it causes a reaction that allows the body to build ...

This year has been marked by concerning developments in the virus’ spread, including widespread detections in wastewater and ...

The first severe H5N1 bird flu case in the US raises alarm as experts discuss symptoms, risks, and vaccine development for ...

The U.S. has also poured funding to research vaccine candidates against bird flu. A study of Moderna’s mRNA vaccine published Wednesday showed promise, producing immune responses against the ...

Public-health experts have been highly critical of the federal and state response to the virus, which was first identified in cows in the U.S. early in 2024.

As human cases of avian influenza slowly tick up amid the outbreak in U.S. dairy cattle, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Moderna have teamed up to design an mRNA vaccine ...

Other viruses reared their heads as well in 2024: Puerto Rico, Los Angeles and the Florida Keys all reported spikes in dengue ...