H5N1 Flu

Pigs were the source of the H1N1 flu pandemic in 2009 and 2010.

The layoffs in USDA's National Animal Health Laboratory Network program office come as egg prices reach record highs amid worsening outbreak.

Five more possible cases of bird flu in cats all came from the same home in Portland, officials said. Two of those cats have died, while three are waiting on...

The women, ages 72 and 56, were both from Guangdong province in southern China.

A bird flu vaccination campaign launched in France in 2023 has enabled the country's poultry production to recover to levels not seen since outbreaks of the virus wiped out tens of millions of birds, producers said on Tuesday.

The Trump administration is preparing to combat the avian flu by relying on 'biosecurity and medication' instead of depopulating entire infected flocks.

(The Center Square) – Pennsylvania has become the first major dairy producing state to achieve HPAI-free status from the USDA for its milk supply. The milestone comes after a multidisciplinary push to begin bulk testing for the virus. HPAI stands for highly pathogenic avian influenza, or as its more commonly called: bird flu. The status […]

As more people are hospitalized with bird flu, here's what's going on with vaccines for humans.

Some employees at the National Nuclear Security Administration, which oversees the U.S.’ nuclear weapons, were reportedly summoned back to work after being laid off last week.

Cornell has launched a comprehensive resource that offers a one-stop clearinghouse for the most current and trustworthy information on bird flu.

For decades, doctors have worried about bird flu becoming a global pandemic. With cases now in the United States, is it time for the rest of us to worry?

Canada has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N5 avian influenza on a non-commercial backyard layer poultry farm in the eastern part of the country, the World Organisation for Animal Health said on Tuesday.

Belgium has recorded its first outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) this year at a poultry farm in Sint-Gillis-Waas, East...

In February 2024, government veterinarians in the Czech Republic investigating a bird flu outbreak found themselves in the middle of a puzzling case.

We still have time to bring H5N1 under control, but we need more powerful tools now. The virus is spreading and evolving quickly. So should public policy.

With so much H5N1 circulating in the U.S., scientists worry we are a few mutations away from a potential human pandemic.

State health departments are giving mixed signals on what they’ve heard from the Trump administration on H5N1, with some officials and experts concerned about a lack of communication.

Unprecedented H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks are occurring around the world and there is growing interest in the use of vaccines in affected regions. Vaccination when properly applied can contribute to HPAI control by significantly reducing virus shedding and breaking the tr …

Correction to: An Update on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus, Clade 2.3.4.4b

‘Why does it make any sense to have a big perimeter of dead chickens when it's the ducks and the geese that are spreading it?’ Kevin Hassett asks

CNN medical analyst Dr. Jonathan Reiner explores how a growing bird flu outbreak presents a dilemma for President Donald Trump’s administration involving priorities between health and food prices.

In today’s newsletter: Avian flu is hitting animals, sending food prices soaring and decimating farms – scientists are preparing for the worst-case scenario

(WHTM) – The Centers for Disease Control says bird flu has affected multiple flocks in Central Pennsylvania. Bird flu was detected at a Lancaster County commercial broiler production flock of…

Bird flu needs to be a Trump priority, Democrat Sen. Tammy Baldwin says.

A Wyoming woman has been hospitalized with the bird flu after her backyard chicken flock contracted the disease and died, state and federal health officials said.

With winter on its way in New Zealand, an immunologist is warning there could be higher levels of influenza going around in the months ahead, and is suggesting a broad...

Bosnia has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, the World Organisation for Animal Health said on Tuesday, as a seasonal wave of the disease known...

The infected woman, who is hospitalized, was likely exposed to H5N1 through contact with her infected backyard poultry flock.

Thom Petersen, the state's agriculture commissioner, said the move was an 'important step in helping Minnesota farmers affected by these... diseases'.