Human cases of bird flu have been detected before in the UK, Russia and China but concern has mounted as the US reported its ...

The Louisiana Department of Health stated that the patient had underlying medical conditions and died while undergoing ...

Dec. 19, 2024 — Stitching together four molecules found in the standard flu vaccine ensures an immune response to all of them, scientists have ... Flu Virus Remains Infectious in Refrigerated ...

The virus in the first severe human bird flu case in the U.S. was found to have mutated. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

The death of an Oregon house cat and a pet food recall are raising questions about the ongoing outbreak of bird flu and how people can protect their pets. Bird flu has been spreading for years in ...

Poultry on two more premises that have been confirmed to have the virus will now be humanely culled, said Defra [PA Media] Two more cases of bird flu have been found in Norfolk, taking the number ...

Bird flu is another version of influenza A. Its full scientific name is avian influenza A(H5N1), so it contains hemagglutinin 5 and neuraminidase 1. Bird flu primarily affects birds, as per the ...

Bird flu, also called avian influenza ... 40% of people who are hospitalized with the virus. H9 strains. The H9N2 strain has mainly affected children and caused mild upper respiratory tract ...

The declaration of a state of emergency in California over avian influenza comes within days of the first severe human case of bird flu in the U.S. California officials have declared a state of ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Wednesday to combat bird flu, which has spread to more than a quarter of all the state's dairies in the last month and infected 34 state ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed on Wednesday the United States’ first “severe” human case of H5N1 avian influenza—or bird flu, a zoonotic infection which has ...