Here's what you need to know about the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, and what bird flu might mean to you, your chickens and pets.

A prophylactic antibody-based immune therapy protects monkeys against severe disease caused by H5N1 avian flu, University of Pittsburgh and NIH Vaccine Research Center researchers report today in ...

Minnesota and Iowa were added to the National Milk Testing Strategy on Jan. 8. There are now 36 states involved in the ...

"This type of prevention can be very useful in controlling infection outbreaks and containing the bird flu pandemic," said an immunologist.

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Good Life is joining forces with other states to protect consumers from the bird flu or H5N1 virus ...

Dec. 19, 2024 — Stitching together four molecules found in the standard flu vaccine ensures an immune response to all of them, scientists have ... Flu Virus Remains Infectious in Refrigerated ...

The covid wave this winter is less severe compared with previous years, with hospitalization rates down and wastewater levels ...

The CDC and MDH are advising health care providers to order further laboratory testing on positive influenza A specimens ...

The spread of H5N1 into new species alarms researchers who say it could reassort in a new species, like pigs, leading to more ...

For the first time since the 2022 countrywide outbreak, bird flu hit a poultry producer in Georgia, the nation’s top state ...

No H5N1 virus detections have occurred in people, livestock or other domestic animals in Connecticut, although the virus continues to be detected sporadically in wild birds. Surveillance for cases ...

The H5N1 virus, a type of avian influenza (commonly called bird flu), has drawn global attention due to its highly infectious spread among birds and its potential to infect mammals, including humans.