The first major global review of bird flu in cats reveals an emerging threat of a potential human pandemic. Spring is here, ...

In early 2024, the bird influenza that had been spreading across the globe for nearly three decades did something wholly ...

Outbreaks of bird flu in mammals more than doubled across the world last year, raising the risk that the virus could ...

Scientists have been keeping an eye on bird flu ever since it was first discovered nearly 30 years ago. Experts have long recognized that the H5N1 virus that causes the disease has pandemic ...

Experts are now warning that the circulation of avian influenza within mammals increases the risk of mutations and, therefore, could enable human-to-human transmission, according to the Global Virus ...

Here's the latest to know about the virus and current situation. Bird flu, or avian influenza, is an infectious viral disease that primarily spreads among birds and is caused by infection with ...

a type of bird flu virus. (Cynthia Goldsmith, Jackie Katz/CDC via AP) The H5N1 bird flu has been spreading widely among wild birds, poultry and other animals around the world for several years ...

a type of bird flu virus. (Cynthia Goldsmith, Jackie Katz/CDC via AP) It’s unlikely that a severe human infection, requiring hospitalization, would go unnoticed, said Michael Osterholm ...

Less is known about milder infections, whether cats can recover from bird flu — or whether the virus can spill over into people. Coleman has been collecting blood samples from cats across the U ...