The recent live bird market cases represent the second and third known cases of avian influenza in Philadelphia. In January, ...

Five years ago the country's first national lockdown began. Now, as Ebola, Mpox and bird flu are deemed 'high risk', experts ...

A United Nations food agency warned that the continued spread of the H5N1 bird flu virus is an unprecedented food security ...

The emergence of bird flu in Florida, particularly its impact on dolphins, raises concerns about potential human transmission ...

An H5N1 infection can be fatal for domestic animals, but there are steps you can take to minimize the risk of them catching ...

Here’s an explanation of how indoor air quality is linked to infectious diseases like bird flu, and what preparedness work ...

To strengthen the nation’s fight against bird flu, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must mandate H5 monitoring at every active NWSS site nationwide. Tracking bird flu in 45% of the ...

Opens in a new tab or window Share on X. Opens in a new tab or window Share ... humans" because it causes only conjunctivitis and mild flu symptoms. But that's missing the bigger picture, experts ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — Researchers have identified nine mutations in a bird flu strain from a person in Texas. Bad news: this strain is more capable of causing disease and replicates better in the brain.

An H5N1 bird flu mutation associated with increased infectiousness and disease severity has been found in two cats. Since the beginning of this year, more than 50 cats have been infected with H5N1 ...

As highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, circulates across the nation and beyond it is causing die-offs in domestic flocks as well as wild birds. Since early 2022 the disease has killed ...

an infectious disease expert at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. Webby said most bird flu outbreaks follow that pattern: A low-pathogenic version is introduced to ...