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

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

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

For months, bird flu was seemingly everywhere in the U.S.: news headlines reported the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza ...

Can humans get bird flu? How does it spread to humans? As of December, the WHO has reported six human infections from the circulating bird flu strains in China, Spain, the U.K., the U.S. and Vietnam.

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

The bird flu virus could pick up from the human virus the ability to infect humans readily, known as reassortment. In other words, the genes are reassorted and trade genetic elements.

Below are occurrences of varying types of the bird flu virus that have been found in humans this year. Bird flu in the United States. The first known cases of infected dairy cattle occurred in ...

Bird flu is creeping toward human transmission − how do we stop it? - Recent animal outbreaks from a subtype called H5N1 have been especially troubling to scientists. advertisement.

Bird flu symptoms in humans present similarly to the flu and can range from mild to severe. "They can appear within the first three to five days after contact with an infected animal," says Dr. ...

The outbreak of bird flu in U.S. dairy cows has now been confirmed in Minnesota and Iowa, bringing to 11 the total number of affected states, which have been encouraged to ramp up testing efforts ...