In recent months, the avian influenza virus, commonly known as bird flu, has taken alarming steps toward becoming a bigger ...

Veterinarians on Prince Edward Island who have been monitoring the spread of avian influenza for years are encouraged by the ...

These veterinarians, flu scientists, and biosecurity experts are watching with growing concern the rise in H5N1 avian ...

Human protection against bird flu may be easier than scientists previously thought, thanks to new findings about the core ...

H5N1 is one of many influenza viruses that typically spread among other species, particularly birds, according to William Schaffner, MD, an infectious diseases specialist at ... it’s considered a ...

If bird flu is only spreading through direct animal contact, how did veterinarians with no known exposure get infected?

medical director at Northwell’s North Shore University Hospital and an attending physician for infectious diseases in Manhasset, the risk of person-to-person transmission of avian influenza ...

The virus is spreading with greater speed among animals, with transmission to humans increasing. But risk to the general ...

As the medical community monitors the risk of avian influenza outbreaks to humans, health influencers are claiming that black ...

Every infectious disease expert advised against letting you or your pet consume raw milk, because bird flu virus has been ...

FILE - This colorized electron microscope image released by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on March 26, 2024, shows avian influenza A H5N1 virus particles (yellow ...

This study was supported by the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases co-operative agreement of the Centers for Disease Control and ...