Getting vaccinated significantly reduces the risk of severe complications and helps curb the spread of the virus in the community.

Most of the bird flu cases reported so far in the U.S. have belonged to an influenza subtype known as HPAI H5N1. The newly ...

Bird flu (H5N1) primarily affects birds but has spread to mammals, including humans. While human transmission remains rare, ...

One family in Bristol, Tenn., lost four daughters – all between the ages of 18 months and 14 years – during the Spanish ...

During the COVID pandemic, RSV showed a slightly odd pattern: like flu, it basically disappeared in the 2020–2021 season, ...

Are eggs safe to eat amid the current avian flu outbreak? Have people in the U.S. contracted bird flu? We VERIFY the answers to common questions.

The rule requires regulated companies to re-analyze their food safety plans when FDA determines it’s necessary, which is the case with the known transmission with bird flu for raw food products.

Scientists Identify Mutation That Could Facilitate H5N1 'Bird Flu' Virus Infection and Potential Transmission in Humans Dec. 5, 2024 — Avian influenza viruses typically require several mutations ...

SANTIAGO / GETTY IMAGES VIA AFP Nearly a year after the first cases of avian flu were detected in US ... to stabilize itself for airborne transmission and to help it bind better to the cells ...

In the era of bird flu, they say raw milk and raw pet food are bringing a dangerous virus with pandemic potential too close to people and pets. On Friday, the US Food and Drug Administration ...