A Washington state man is believed to be the first person to die from a rare strain of bird flu, but state health officials ...

According to a new study, an evolutionary shift around 2020 helped the bird flu virus adapt better to wild birds.

The unidentified man was hospitalized with a high fever, confusion and respiratory distress earlier this month.

The Washington state resident, an older adult with underlying conditions, was infected with a strain that has previously been reported in animals but never before in humans.

A new vaccine to protect dairy and poultry workers from bird flu does not require a needle and works against multiple strains ...

Cornell scientists discover that the H5N1 virus survives for up to 120 days in raw milk cheese, which contravenes health ...

Earlier this fall, the FDA issued a reminder to pet food manufacturers to consider the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 in their food safety plans as H5N1 cases tend to increase during the fall ...

After the H5N1 virus hit the remote island of South Georgia in 2023, more than 50,000 breeding females may have disappeared.

The country's first-ever H5N5 bird flu case has been confirmed in Washington state, where a resident is hospitalized with a ...

The patient, an older adult with underlying health conditions, developed a high fever, confusion and respiratory distress ...

A Washington state resident has tested positive for bird flu — the first U.S. human case reported in about nine months and ...