Nearly half a year after the state's last detection of the virus, avian influenza has been found in a southern Minnesota ...

Officials and advocates say early detection, transparency and farm precautions are key to limiting risks to public health.

Countering a toned-down alert from the Centers for Disease Control over a new “bird flu” case, survivalists who have long seen the H5N1 virus as more threatening than COVID-19 this week stepped up ...

The H5N1 avian influenza virus can now be found not only in milk and on milking equipment but also in farm wastewater and in the air, say researchers who have been trying to figure out how the virus ...

(CNN) -- The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it has ended its emergency response to H5N1 bird flu, citing a drop in cases. CNN — (CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and ...

Dairy cattle in 17 states have been infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 since the start of the outbreak in March 2024.

Researchers at Texas Biomedical Research Institute have developed a new, proof-of-concept vaccine to protect people from the bird flu strain currently circulating in the United States. The team, led ...

Some people may already have a tiny bit of protection against H5N1 bird flu. Several recent studies have found that those who caught seasonal flus or received flu vaccinations have low levels of ...

A San Francisco child was infected with H5N1 bird flu in December 2024, according to the CDC. The source is unknown. The case ...

H5N1 is a type of influenza virus that causes avian influenza, or ‘bird flu,’ a highly contagious respiratory disease in ...