The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has announced a presumptive positive case of H5N1 Avian ...

Since early 2024, the U.S. has logged 66 human cases of H5N1. Scientists are keeping a watchful eye on the virus’s spread as we enter a new year.

a type of bird flu virus. A genetic analysis suggests the bird flu virus mutated inside a Louisiana patient who contracted the nation’s first severe case of the illness, the U.S. Centers for ...

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. Good news: approved ...

It wasn’t just Shasta County. A supermajority of state voters went blood simple, with 68 percent choosing to undo 2014’s ...

The first person in the U.S. just died from a strain of the virus in Louisiana, but there’s still some simple ways to stay ...

The first reported human death from the bird flu virus in the U.S. came a week ago in Louisiana. While there is no sign the virus is spreading from person to person, the news might jolt us back to the ...

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The nation has recorded its first fatality from the H5N1 bird flu, and while health officials say risk to the public remains ...

Scotland’s Chief Veterinary Officer, Sheila Voas, announced the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 on ...

Meta announced this week it was ending third-party fact-checking and moving towards community notes. Some experts fear it ...