The convergence of multiple flu strains in one animal can allow new virus strains to form—just as they did in past pandemics.

Scientists have been reported to be fearing a 'slow-motion' version of a bird flu pandemic after the virus was detected in 129 dairy herds in the United States, which would make transmission to ...

The deadly bird flu virus, H5N1, has been detected in the wastewater of 10 Texas cities, signaling a silent spread that could ...

Another post referred back to the COVID-19 pandemic as the source of a “playbook” involving a lab-made virus. “They want us to take another experimental vaccine to combat the bird flu virus ...

A bird flu pandemic with the potential to be “100 times worse than COVID” may be on the horizon after a rare human case was discovered in Texas, experts have warned. The H5N1 avian flu has ...

An extensive look at wastewater samples taken across the United States from May to July found traces of the H5N1 bird flu ...

Given all of these unknowns, it would be both premature and immoral to sound the alarm about the next pandemic. At the same time, bird flu is a real and growing concern, and the current state of ...

This was the second documented human case of avian influenza in the United States since 2022 and has escalated concerns about a large outbreak—or potentially a pandemic—in the human population.

Experts say we are on the brink of another pandemic and markers in the most remote areas of the world could be harbingers of ...

A close contact of someone with bird flu became ill on the same day, the C.D.C. reported. But the second person was not ...

or avian flu, pandemic. Jetelina is the author of "Your Local Epidemiologist" newsletter. Wallace is with the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Watch part 1 of this ...