In January 2025, the flu took that Louisiana patient’s life. The individual was older than 65, had preexisting health ...

India reported 11 outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu on farms in the southern Kerala state last month, the World ...

At the start of 2025, health officials in Louisiana reported the first U.S. bird flu death and experts questioned whether ...

Indoor-only cats are contracting H5N1, challenging the assumption that only outdoor hunters are at risk. Raw pet food and unpasteurized milk have been identified as significant vectors for viral ...

A case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been detected in a dairy herd in Dodge County, Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) ...

The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed that a resident of Grays Harbor County is the first person in the U.S. known to be infected with the H5N5 strain of avian influenza. The ...

The Georgia Department of Agriculture said a commercial poultry operation in Gordon County has a confirmed case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza. The producer noticed symptoms of the virus on ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. H5N1 bird flu has been making a lot of headlines since last year, and for good reason: since March 2024 this subtype of ...

After years of trying to control deadly highly pathogenic avian influenza, turkey producers are also managing a different virus, called avian metapneumovirus. At least 2.2 million turkeys died last ...

Ostriches on a British Columbia farm have died of the avian flu. Canada ordered hundreds of others to be culled. But two top Trump administration officials have objected. By Vjosa Isai Reporting from ...

A new global review reveals how rapidly evolving H5 bird flu viruses are reaching new species, including dairy cattle, and stresses the urgent need for coordinated action to prevent the next pandemic.