H5N1 Flu

As the bird flu continues to spread, experts warn that genetic mutations could pose significant risks for humans and the food supply chain.

As the seasonal flu picks up, there are even more opportunities for the bird flu to acquire mutations as the different influenza viruses mix.

The 2024–25 flu shot doesn’t prevent H5N1 bird flu but could play a pivotal role in preventing a pandemic.

More than 120,000 chickens on the farm were impacted by the outbreak, according to the Delaware Department of Agriculture.

Public health officials have warned that new mutations of bird flu with human flu could have dangerous consequences.

ANOTHER bird flu outbreak has been confirmed at a farm in England, as experts fear the virus is one mutation from becoming pandemic. The government said all poultry on the infected site, in East Yo…

New research led by scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) suggests that many people already have immune cells on standby to fight the H5N1 virus, also known as highly pathogenic avian influenza.

A Canadian teen's severe bird flu infection has highlighted growing concerns about the H5N1 virus, commonly known as bird flu, which has seen a steady rise in human cases across the U.S.

The discovery of the H5N1 virus among horses living in Mongolia may have implications for equine and human populations around the globe.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced it would award $306 million dollars to continue its H5N1 Avian Flu response. “While

Officials say 40 to 50 snow geese, including some at a southern Delaware wildfire refuge, have tested positive for avian influenza.

Wild birds can also be succeptible to the virus, but Nebraska officials have previously noted that migratory birds can carry the virus without becoming sick....

The bird flu has crossed over to humans, here's what nurses need to know in 2025 about its risk level, symptoms and if it will become a pandemic.

Flu activity is spiking across Southern California, which is leading to a concerning number of pediatric hospitalizations. Doctors said the threat of bird flu is making this season particularly concerning.

The Biden administration’s bird flu response has been too slow. Now comes a test for Trump’s White House.

The administration is committing an additional $306 million toward battling the virus, and will distribute the money before President-elect Donald J. Trump takes office.

To bolster the nation’s preparedness for a pandemic, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a synthetic, nonhazardous geneti

The Pennsylvania Game Commission says Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza is suspected to have killed about 200 snow geese in Lehigh and Northampton counties.

We performed a systems vaccinology analysis to investigate immune responses in humans to an H5N1 influenza vaccine, with and without the AS03 adjuvant, to identify factors influencing antibody response magnitude and durability. Our findings revealed a platelet and adhesion-related blood transcriptio …

The most promising approach uses mRNA.

The current situation with H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAI) is causing a worldwide concern due to multiple outbreaks in wild birds, poultry, and mammals. Moreover, multiple zoonotic infections in humans have been reported. Importantly, HPAI H5N1 viruses with genetic markers of ada …

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 is known for its virulence and zoonotic potential, infecting birds and mammals, thus raising public health concerns. Since 2021 its spread among birds has led to cross-species transmission causing epizootics among mammals, eventually impacting fur animal …

As of Monday, December 30th, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, or APHIS, has confirmed 12 new cases of H5N1 avian flu in California dairy cattle, bringing the state’s total to 697 cases.

Highly pathogenic bird flu has been confirmed in a poultry flock on a farm in East Yorkshire, the government has confirmed.

Stanford University scientists developed a way to improve the standard flu vaccine.

The Nebraska Department of Agriculture confirmed another HPAI case on Tuesday.

The virus was confirmed at a commercial poultry farm near the village of Nafferton on Tuesday.

The state is gearing up to join a federal program testing dairy cattle for virulent strains of bird flu.

AS BIRD FLU takes it toll around the nation, San Joaquin County has jumped to the forefront, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture reporting the virus

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has submitted several dead birds for testing.