While cases of bird flu in humans have steadily climbed since last fall, health officials maintain the risk to humans is low ...

A 13-year-old girl in Canada became so sick with H5N1, or bird flu, in late 2024 that she had to be put on a ventilator.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Friday it will award $306 million in additional funding to monitor ...

Humans infected with bird flu display a wide range of symptoms, from pneumonia requiring hospitalization to no symptoms at ...

Public health experts are urging vigilance amid recent reports of severe bird flu cases in two North American patients.

Gov. Newsom declared a state of emergency as the virus continues to infect dairy herds across the country — including more ...

The administration said it was committing $306 million toward improving hospital preparedness, early-stage research on ...

As the seasonal flu picks up, there are even more opportunities for the bird flu to acquire mutations as the different ...

Genetic analysis of H5N1 bird flu virus that infected a Canadian teenager shows 'worrisome' mutations, new studies reveal.

L.A. County public health officials are reupping their warning to pet owners: Do not feed pets raw food. More cats have been ...

A virologist explains that why this probably isn’t the big one — but that it’s a sign of bad things happening with the virus.

In 2024, at least 66 human cases of bird flu have been reported in the United States, each one raising the risk of another ...