Two months shy of the fifth anniversary of COVID-19 being declared a global pandemic, the US has recorded its first human ...

Why the results surprised anyone is itself a surprise. After the state of California began testing dairy herds for highly ...

As bird flu cases crop up across the country, here's what a food safety expert wants you to know about getting the virus from eggs, poultry, and dairy products.

A ny time a person catches H5N1, or bird flu, their infection is a chance for the virus to mutate in the wrong direction.

The U.S. has developed a bird flu vaccine that can be prepared when needed. It’s not currently available because health ...

The only other human case of bird flu in the U.S. occurred in 2022 and may not have caused any illness, with the CDC stating that the "detection may have been the result of contamination of the nasal ...

With 66 human cases and one death from bird flu in the current outbreak, there are several ways Americans could become sick.

A Louisiana patient hospitalized in critical condition with severe bird flu has died, the state health department said Monday ...

Officials say the bird flu has also killed 20 big cats, including a tiger, at a sanctuary in Washington State. NBC News' David Noriega reports.Dec. 27, 2024 ...

Doctors say the case of a teen left in critical condition shows H5N1 "can cause severe human illness." Mutations in the virus are deepening concerns about the spread of H5N1.

Each week some revelation about bird flu seems to flutter through the news cycle. Here’s what the latest research is saying ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed the first severe case of bird flu in the United States, ...