A new H5N1 strain has been spotted in cows and New York is temporarily closing live poultry markets, among other warning ...

By 1957, scientists had a significantly more sophisticated understanding of influenza, worrying them that a pandemic similar ...

That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and ...

Bird flu appeared in a Texas dairy farm in March 2024. Havoc has followed on farms and in grocery stores and concerns mount for human health.

When it comes to the potential of H5N1 avian flu picking up mutations that might lead to human-to-human spread, that "train has already left the station," warns 1 infectious disease expert.

Bird flu is infecting more people than we think. We need to stop it now before a new pandemic begins Right after President ...

Over the past 60 years, the influenza virus has continued to drift and shift. In 1968, a shift once again caused a pandemic.

The Milwaukee County Zoo announced on Thursday that it has closed its Herb & Nada Mahler Family Aviary for an as-yet-unknown ...

All live poultry markets in New York City and Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk counties are being shut down Friday after seven ...

NEW YORK (AP) — New York on Friday ordered a weeklong shutdown of all live bird markets in New York City, Westchester and Long Island after seven cases of avian flu were detected at bird markets in ...

Cases in avian influenza, better known as bird flu, are continuing to rise nationwide. In New York, the virus has primarily affected geese and raptors. But with one human death reported out of ...