Previous seasonal flu infections and vaccinations may protect us against infection from the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu outbreak.

Amid concerns over highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI, Grants Pass nonprofit Wildlife Images raised their disease ...

Wastewater monitoring in three sites in Arizona, including Phoenix, detected influenza A (H5). miroslav_1 / Antony Robinson/iStock / Getty Images Plus / Canva In the whole state of Arizona ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ... Images Plus / Canva Bird flu and some versions of human flu are very similar; bird flu is more formally known as avian influenza ...

Flu is taking off in the U.S., with 40 states reporting high or very high levels of flu-like illness last week.

Emergency room visits with influenza are now "very high" nationwide, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday, in this week's update on the winter respiratory virus season.

A 13-year-old girl in Canada became so sick with H5N1, or bird flu, in late 2024 that she had to be put on a ventilator.

"Identifying epidemiologically linked clusters of influenza A(H5N1) human cases might indicate the virus is better able to spread between humans," a spokesperson from the CDC A(H5N1) Bird Flu ...

In coming years, the bird flu may cost billions of dollars more in expenses and losses. Worse, the outbreak poses the threat ...

"Identifying epidemiologically linked clusters of influenza A(H5N1) human cases might indicate the virus is better able to spread between humans," a CDC spokesperson told Newsweek. "CDC is ...

For example, if a human gets infected with a bird flu and also carries a human influenza A virus, these two viruses can ...

Stock photo. Sdi Productions/Getty Images Five pediatric deaths were reported during the week of Dec. 21, bringing the total number to nine so far during the 2024-25 season. The CDC says levels of ...