Bird flu, also known as H5N1, avian influenza, or avian flu, is an infection that can affect the lungs, nose, and throat. It is caused by a virus naturally spread through wild birds to other ...

Bird flu led to the deaths of nearly 50 million domestic birds in 2024 and more than 19 million already this year, according to USDA. Any poultry farm where the virus is detected must put all its ...

A patient in the US has tragically become the first to die from bird flu, following a mutation of the virus after contact with infected birds. The individual, who was over 65 and had pre-existing ...

H5N1 was believed to spread primarily through direct contact with infected animals or their bodily fluids, but the new ...

Last year, bird flu killed more than 40 million egg-laying birds. Including ducks and chickens, 148 million birds have been ordered euthanized since H5N1 began spreading around the U.S. in 2022 ...

Bird flu has spread widely in poultry, causing egg shortages. Virus spillover has occurred in various mammal species, including humans. H5N1 does not currently have the ability to spread human to ...

As bird flu continues to spread across the United States, questions have emerged about the risk of contracting the virus from milk and eggs.. More than 150 million poultry birds have been killed ...

Bird Flu coverage from Scientific American, featuring news and articles about advances in the field. Skip to main content. Scientific American. Bird Flu. Bird Flu June 27, 2025.

Bird flu has infected 700 dairy farms in 15 states since March, including 26 Texas, 64 in Colorado, 2 in Oklahoma, 4 Kansas and 9 New Mexico, according to USDA data.

Bird flu is taking a massive toll on wild animals, ... It was a horror scene. MARCELA UHART: The beaches were just loaded with carcasses. We estimate about 18,000 dead baby elephant seals.