For example, if a human gets infected with a bird flu and also carries a human influenza A virus, these two viruses can ...

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

The most recent CDC hospitalization data and other indicators show that the flu virus is trending higher than the other germs ...

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

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

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), along with state partners, continue to investigate an ...

The Biden administration is committing $306 million to strengthen the nation's response to the H5N1 avian influenza, according to a Jan. 3 HHS news release shared with Becker's. The commitment aims to ...

Previous seasonal flu infections and vaccinations may protect us against infection from the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu outbreak.

Farmers will now have to prove that they did everything possible to prevent outbreaks before they can receive governmental indemnity payments. Also in the news: Combined bird and human flu could have ...

Medical experts argue that Congress should provide significant funding for medical research to combat bird flu.

More than half a million chickens in San Joaquin County have been infected with the H5N1 virus in the last two months, ...