Both swine and avian influenza are strains of influenza A. Just as swine flu strains tend to infect pigs, avian flu strains ...

Cambodia's health ministry today announced another human H5N1 avian flu case of the year, involving a 5-year-old boy from ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins have expressed interest in letting H5N1 ...

If we don’t invest in technologies like mRNA vaccines for pandemic influenza now, once a virus starts going human-to-human, ...

The virus has not yet evolved to spread efficiently between people. Excellent vaccine technology exists, but the government ...

November 22, 2024 – The CDC announces a case of H5 bird flu has been confirmed in a child in California. This is the first reported case in the US of a child infected with H5 bird flu.

New CDC research suggests the H5N1 avian influenza virus that infected a Michigan dairy farmworker can be transmitted through the air. The revelation, the study's authors wrote, suggests "an ...

It is the seventh case of the year and is part of an overall rise in H5N1 infections in Cambodia since late 2023. The patient ...

Amidst an ongoing outbreak of a deadly bird flu virus in livestock, the US Department of Agriculture is doing more to prevent ...

South Africa is grappling with a resurgence of the H5N1 bird flu, following outbreaks on poultry farms in Tswaing and Mkhondo ...

The spread of bird flu among poultry flocks in the U.S. is also causing a spike in egg prices. As of Jan. 6, the virus had hit more than 138 million poultry across 50 U.S. states since January ...

After officials sent specimens to the CDC for testing, the CDC learned on Tuesday the man tested positive for avian influenza. He received oseltmavir, an antiviral drug, and has recovered, CDC said.