In 1997, avian influenza virus (H5N1) caused severe human disease in Hong Kong. One of 9 infected children and 5 of 9 infected adults died. Investigators hypothesized that this virus is lethal ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI, has been detected on commercial ... The Centers for Disease Control has confirmed one human death and 68 human cases as of February 2025. The following ...

Vaccination remains the most effective strategy for avian influenza prevention and control in humans, despite varying vaccine efficacy across strains. That's according to the authors of a new ...

Ecuadorian health authorities have confirmed the first case of avian influenza in a human patient. The Ministry of Public Health (MSP) announced it was a 9-year-old girl who had been in contact ...

A Korean health agency announced the rampant H5N8-type Avian Influenza inflicted zero human casualties as it swept numerous parts of the nation, sources said Monday. Since the first report of AI ...

As avian influenza continues to spread around the world, researchers in Japan are turning to human medicine to protect rare and endangered bird species. Anti-virals are turning out good results in ...

"It’s dangerous for human beings to vaccinate the birds," the health secretary said John Parra/Getty; Getty Robert F. Kennedy Jr. addressed the worsening avian flu crisis, saying vaccinating ...

For the first time in almost 40 years, a highly contagious strain of avian flu was detected on a Lancaster County farm. The disease was found at an East Donegal Township facility owned and ...