The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced it is streamlining its H5N1 highly pathogenic avian ...

H5N1, or bird flu, initially presents with common flu-like symptoms such as fever, cough, and fatigue, making early detection ...

The genetic sequence of the virus isolated from the patient is more similar to that of the severe case of H5N1 in British Columbia than the virus widely circulating in cattle and poultry.

H5N1 has been documented since the mid-'90s, with scientists warning for decades that the virus had pandemic potential. Part of what's making it such an issue today might be related to climate change.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the end of the bird flu emergency, at least for now.

Which bird flu strain sickened the new cases? It is unclear which strain of the H5N1 bird flu virus caused the Ohio and Wyoming cases.

Bird flu has severely impacted poultry farms and cattle herds across 16 states, marking the worst outbreak of its kind.

The uptick in bird flu cases comes amid an ongoing surge of seasonal influenza that is at record highs nationwide in emergency rooms and hospitals, above peaks seen during the 2009 swine flu pandemic.

Stephen Morrissey: Lindsay, what resources are available to physicians in Indiana who think they might be seeing a potential H5N1 case?

Despite no known infections of H5N1 bird flu among its dairy cows, Missouri recently detected a case in a person with no apparent exposure to possibly infected animals or related products (i.e ...

December 18, 2024 – The CDC confirms a patient in Louisiana has been hospitalized with a severe case of H5N1 bird flu, the first such case in the US.

H5N1 avian flu: Right now, H5N1 avian influenza is at the top of the list of viruses that public health officials are concerned about in terms of pandemic potential.