The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging hospitals to accelerate advanced testing of people they suspect ...

For the first time, birds in a Wayne County backyard flock have been sickened by the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza ...

Doctors should use infection control measures if a hospitalized patient has suspected, probable, or confirmed H5N1, putting ...

The first human death caused by H5N1 in the U.S. was reported in Louisiana on Jan. 6. Here's what to know about bird flu.

Mutations in one of the first human-isolated strains of H5N1 bird flu in the US were identified by the Texas Biomedical ...

The Connecticut Department of Agriculture confirmed the presence of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1, commonly known as ...

In early December 2024, a group of researchers published an article in the journal Science, entitled "A single mutation in ...

The virus impacts milk production and poses significant risks to other bird species, particularly domestic poultry as well as ...

The Free Press interviewed Dr. Kimberly Dodd, the dean of the MSU College of Veterinary Medicine, about efforts to tame the ...

H5N1 remains a major threat to poultry and wild bird populations, leading to large-scale culling of domestic fowl in many ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that 15 more states have enrolled in a national H5N1 milk testing program, ...

One of the earliest strains of bird flu isolated from a human in Texas shows a unique constellation of mutations that enable ...