Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has repeatedly questioned the safety of mRNA technology, which is used in the ...

The Gs/Gd lineage of highly pathogenic H5 avian influenza viruses—including H5N1—has rapidly evolved, spreading globally and ...

The availability of infected bird carcasses has also contributed to spillover into mammals. Cases have been described in more ...

Although bird flu among humans is rare, health officials are still concerned because influenza A viruses can mutate to infect humans and spread from person to person. However, "no evidence so far ...

Over the past three years, avian influenza (H5N1) has spread around the U.S. and affected many species of birds and mammals, ...

While the risk of contracting and dying from the H5N1 avian flu remains low for humans, researchers continue to hunt for vaccines and treatments in case the virus mutates to spread more easily ...

Of course, Canada’s policy is not a cure-all. If it was, it would have stopped the spread of the disease already. But it’s ...

H5N1, commonly called bird flu, had been detected in cows ... for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. But viruses mutate, which is why close monitoring is crucial. To cause an infection ...

So far, 70 human cases have been confirmed, according to the CDC. Bird flu is continuing to spread in animals across the United States more than a year after the first human case was detected.

The goal of controlling bird flu via rapid molecular testing goes well beyond protecting hens, their eggs and our economy. Because, as the viruses spread and mutate, they may adapt to more and ...