Researchers at Texas Biomed have identified nine mutations in a strain of bird flu found in a person in Texas. Bad news: This ...

The FDA has advised pet food companies to revisit food safety plans as a growing number of cats have gotten sick or died from ...

The CDC and MDH are advising health care providers to order further laboratory testing on positive influenza A specimens ...

Scientists also know a lot more about H5N1 bird flu than they did the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and the US has been preparing for the threat of a new flu outbreak for a long time. Still, the virus is ...

The spread of H5N1 into new species alarms researchers who say it could reassort in a new species, like pigs, leading to more ...

A patient who'd been hospitalized in Louisiana with severe illness from H5N1 bird flu has died — the first human death from this type of avian influenza in the U.S., the Louisiana Department of ...

H5N1, or bird flu, poses a limited risk to humans but remains a serious threat. Learn how it spreads, its symptoms, and key ...

A domestic cat in Washington County recently tested positive for bird flu and had to be euthanized, the Oregon Department of ...

The Centers for Disease Control announced the first human death from H5N1 avian flu or "bird flu" in the United States on Jan ...

For the first time, birds in a Wayne County backyard flock have been sickened by the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza ...

Connecticut officials advised flock owners that they should take precautions, including limiting traffic on their property, ...

"Cats (domestic and large felids) in particular can experience severe illness or death from infection with H5N1. Dogs can also contract H5N1, although they usually exhibit mild clinical signs and low ...