THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said it banned imports of poultry and wild birds from New Zealand (NZ) after an outbreak of Type H7N6 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), commonly known as ...

For influenza viruses, imperfection is a strength. They constantly mutate, producing new strains that challenge immune ...

The only other human case of bird flu in the U.S. occurred in 2022 and may not have caused any illness, with the CDC stating that the "detection may have been the result of contamination of the nasal ...

The first U.S. bird flu death has been reported. Louisiana health officials announced the death Monday of a person who had ...

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.

Portugal reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza among poultry, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Monday, as Europe faces a seasonal upturn in the deadly ...

Findings of the bird flu are reportable to USDA and listed on a website, 2022–2024 Detections of Highly Pathogenic Avian ...

The rise of bird flu across farms in California has raised questions about the virus and its potential threat to humans.

So far, the H5N1 virus isn't transmitted between people — but the CDC has found a mutation in a human case "concerning." ...

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

The Louisiana patient who contracted what officials said was the nation’s first “severe” case of avian influenza has died, ...

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