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

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

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 ...

Welcome to the National Animal Disease Center, a government research facility in Iowa where 43 scientists work with pigs, cows and other animals, pushing to solve the bird flu outbreak currently ...

With the approach of fall and cooler weather across the United States, officials say the risk posed by the H5N1 bird flu virus could rise — and they’re taking steps to prevent the creation of a hybrid ...

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 person in the state of Missouri has become the first in the United States to test positive for bird flu without a known ... the WHO's director of epidemic and pandemic preparedness and prevention.

WASHINGTON - A person in the state of Missouri has become the first in the US to test positive for bird flu without a known exposure to infected animals, the authorities said on Sept 6.

A person in Missouri has been diagnosed with bird flu — despite never coming into contact with any animals, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Friday. The adult ...

A former CDC director has predicted that a bird flu pandemic will happen, it’s just a matter of when. He noted that bird flu has a “significant mortality” rate compared to COVID-19.

US health officials have confirmed a human case of bird flu in a patient that had no immediately known animal exposure. The patient, in the state of Missouri, was treated in hospital and has since ...