The hospitalized teen was also given three antiviral treatments, underscoring how severe H5N1 infection can be ...

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

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

Though H5N1 has been circulating nationwide in wild birds, domestic poultry, and mammals since 2022, you may have only been ...

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.

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

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

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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is keeping close eye on pandemic indicators amid bird flu cases arising in the ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is ramping up its bird flu response, by awarding $306 million in ...