Bird flu also has spread to mammals, including dairy cows in the United States, and infected hundreds of people, raising concerns it could spark a new pandemic. Vaccines costly to develop and ...

The bird flu emergency is officially over, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The agency’s emergency response to H5N1 bird flu, which was activated on April ...

For months, bird flu was seemingly everywhere in the U.S.: news headlines reported the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus was rapidly sweeping through hundreds of herds of dairy cattle ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday it has ended its emergency response for H5N1 bird flu, owing to a decline in animal infections and no reports of human cases ...

We don't even know how many cases of bird flu in cats are out there. About 2.6% of cats allowed to roam in one endemic area were found to have antibodies to bird flu (1), but some of the cats that ...

While rare, bird flu has infected over 140 cats since 2022, according to government data. Here's how to protect your pets.

Bird flu has been circulating worldwide since the 1990 and was first detected in American dairy farms in March 2024. It had infected 70 people as of late February, and killed one.

Public health officials are continuing to monitor as an outbreak of avian flu, also known as bird flu, continues to spread across the country. The strain, known as H5N1, has sickened several ...

By Sara Frueh Over the past three years, bird flu — caused by the avian influenza A (H5N1) virus — has extended its reach around the U.S. and across many species. The virus arrived in wild birds, but ...

H5N1 bird flu isn’t going away. In fact, the virus continues to spin off new versions that outcompete their predecessors, posing a challenge for keeping it from jumping into people, poultry and ...

Bird flu continues to spread quickly through the U.S. farm system because that system is inherently a viral playground. Birds are kept in disgusting, crowded conditions that encourage viral spread.

No bird flu vaccine is available for cats. They can be exposed any time they're out roaming, so keeping your cat inside is much more important now than it's been in the past.