Pediatric patients exhibited high risk for severe avian influenza A/H5N1, suggesting clinical therapeutic and vaccine trials should be prioritized in this population.

The bird flu virus remains a wild card that continues to threaten U.S. poultry and egg supplies while upping the ante with risk to human health.

The federal government should be investing and working to expand the nation’s scientific and public health arsenal, not ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza reached Antarctica’s mainland in early 2024, leaving Australia, New Zealand and Pacific ...

A new PEARLS article in PLoS Pathogens reviews the rapid evolution and pandemic potential of emerging influenza A viruses, ...

Two years ago, avian influenza ravaged elephant seal colonies in South America. Are the colonies on the northern Pacific ...

A veterinary disease expert says producers should not let their guard down when it comes to protecting livestock from avian ...

The Department of Health and Human Services is ending a $766 million contract with the vaccine company Moderna to develop an ...

The H5N1 bird flu, spreading across all 50 U.S. states, raises concerns about a potential pandemic. The virus has impacted dairy farms, poultry flocks, and humans, with one confirmed human death ...

The H5N1 bird flu virus has affected all 50 states in the US. Since March 2024, the virus has infected more than 1,000 dairy herds across the US, with more than 70 human infections. The Global ...

An 11-year-old boy from Cambodia's Kampong Speu province died of H5N1 human avian influenza, becoming the fourth human death from the virus so far this year, the country's Ministry of Health said in ...

Virologists across the globe are raising alarms over the spread of the H5N1 avian flu virus, which is now infecting not just birds, but cattle and humans. While the U.S. Centers for Disease ...