As the disease rapidly evolves, questions continue to rise: what is the bird flu? Why is this different? What can we do?

At least four cattle herds in Nevada have tested positive for a strain of H5N1 bird flu never before seen in cows, state ...

UC San Francisco's Rais Vohra, MD, explains recent increase in reported virus infections and the risks of consuming raw cow’s milk.

While the risk to humans of exposure from cows or milk remains low, this new flu spillover from birds into cows raises the need for continued surveillance.

Bird flu has decimated poultry flocks and infected cattle herds. The risk to humans is currently low, but that could easily change as influenza can rapidly change.

Since Friday, hundreds of dead and sick birds have been found along Lake Michigan’s shore — all likely infected with bird flu ...

Vaccination rates were, however, only “moderate” – not because Americans saw vaccination as problematic, but because they did not see influenza as a threat. Nearly 40 years had dulled memories of the ...

Bird flu, also known as H5N1, continues to spread among U.S. livestock, driving up egg prices and worrying public health experts.

Dec. 13, 2024 — Influenza or flu virus remains infectious in refrigerated raw milk for up to five days, according to a new study. The findings come at a time when outbreaks of bird flu -- a ...

The findings come at a time when outbreaks of bird flu -- a different subtype of the ... Study Shows Drop in Use of Antiviral Medications in Young Children With Influenza Dec. 17, 2024 — Despite ...

5 million birds in US poultry farms have been slaughtered because of outbreaks of avian flu among flocks in over forty states, according to the Department of Agriculture. The disease is spread by ...