But what is the virus and why has it created such urgency among governments worldwide? See our factfile below to find out: Also known as avian influenza, bird flu is an infectious disease of birds ...

But by then, bird flu will have already circled the globe. In October 2024, for the first time, the virus was found in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories, on Possession Island in the ...

Experts say the short-term risk of a pandemic is low, but the recent appearance in mammals of the potentially dangerous avian influenza A strain, H5N1 — the bird flu virus — demands redoubling ...

Apr. 17, 2025 — A vaccine under development has demonstrated complete protection in mice against a deadly variant of the virus that causes bird flu. The work focuses on the H5N1 variant known as ...

Researchers at Colorado State University are helping Colorado and other states study the virus, also known as bird flu, in animals. "We are doing the testing in our bio safety level three ...

A 3-year-old girl in western Mexico has died after contracting bird flu in the country's first confirmed human case of the virus, Mexican health authorities said Tuesday. Mexico's Health Ministry ...

Public health and infectious disease experts say the risk to people is currently low, but they have expressed concern that this strain of the bird flu virus may mutate to spread between people.

"The virus doesn't care what your immigration papers say." State and local health departments were beginning to overcome last year's barriers to bird flu testing, said Salvador Sandoval ...

that can carry the virus and spread it through their droppings, nasal secretions or saliva. Fall and spring intensify the risk of bird flu because wild birds are out and about in large numbers and ...

Apr. 17, 2025 — A vaccine under development has demonstrated complete protection in mice against a deadly variant of the virus that causes bird flu. The work focuses on the H5N1 variant known as ...