Deadly viruses throughout history From the Ebola to COVID-19, diseases caused by viruses have killed humans throughout history. Viruses are much older than human beings, possibly even older than ...

A Victorian poultry farmer details the emotional toll of an avian influenza outbreak on his properties. The business is ...

Long Island’s last commercial duck farm is rebuilding after a bird flu outbreak forced the destruction of its entire ...

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

Highly pathogenic avian influenza reached Antarctica’s mainland in early 2024, leaving Australia, New Zealand and Pacific ...

H5N1 bird flu is capable of spreading through the air, a new animal study from the US Centres for Disease Control (CDC) has found. H5N1 was believed to spread primarily through direct contact with ...

The strain of bird flu that infected a Michigan dairy worker in May 2024 is capable of airborne transmission, ... Diseases," a peer-reviewed journal of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

Over the past three years, avian influenza (H5N1) has spread around the U.S. and affected many species of birds and mammals, including humans. Experts at a recent webinar offered answers to common ...

As of May 6, according to the CDC, no known person-to-person spread of bird flu has occurred. But 70 cases, including one death, have been confirmed in the U.S. Of those cases, exposure was mostly ...

Viruses, Infections & Disease Bird flu could soon evolve to spread between humans. ... Colorized transmission electron micrograph of influenza A/H1N1 virus particles (blue).

This bird flu, which scientists call highly pathogenic avian influenza, or H5N1, is already at panzootic—animal pandemic—status, killing birds in every continent except for Australia.