Bird flu was nearly everywhere in the U.S.—in chickens, cows, pet cats and even humans. Cases have gone down, but experts ...

While rare, bird flu has infected over 140 cats since 2022, according to government data. Here's how to protect your pets.

The H5N1 avian flu is circulating in cows and other mammals. Whether it will make a permanent leap to humans is another ...

A new paper from a team of Cornell University researchers shows that the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus causes ...

H5N1 avian influenza has long been a concerning virus. Since its discovery in 1996 in waterfowl, bird flu has occasionally ...

Influenza viruses are shifty entities. A seemingly ingenious and sneaky way for viruses to make these leaps is by swapping ...

Decades of research show the mercury-containing preservative thimerosal is safe in vaccines, but CDC's new advisory panel is ...

The CDC ends its emergency response to H5N1 bird flu after recording 70 human cases and one death nationally, even as experts ...

Influenza vaccine programs help to considerably lower the burden of disease, even when not everyone takes up the offer of a shot. A new study has confirmed this but also provides us with a stark ...

Scientists have discovered a faulty gene which may have caused a man to be paralysed as a toddler after catching the flu. Timothy Bingham was two years old when he had a mild flu-like illness which ...

Scientists always knew a deadly virus was going to jump from animals to humans: COVID was not the first time it has happened, ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ended its emergency response for bird flu as the outbreak that sickened ...