Although the avian flu (H5N1) virus may not be making the news as frequently, it is still working hard behind the scenes, ...

New versions of the H5N1 virus are increasingly adept at spreading. Suggestions to either let it rip in poultry or vaccinate the birds could backfire.

Scientists at the University of Maryland conducted a systematic review of scientific literature from 2004 to 2024 to assess ...

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisory committee endorsed fall flu vaccinations Thursday for just about every American but with a twist: The group says people should ...

The eight new ACIP members met for the first time June 25 after Kennedy fired all 17 original members of the committee June 9 ...

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Highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu has been around since the 1990s, but this current bird flu pandemic started in Asia in 2020, when a low pathogenic strain mutated into a high pathogenic strain called ...

BIRD flu has been detected in an English farm, it’s been announced. A case of the H5N1 bird flu was found in poultry in West Yorkshire. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ...

Public health risks remain low, but experts in Europe are calling for more surveillance given the virus is so widespread among birds. As bird flu spreads across Europe and jumps to more animal ...

Bird flu: How the virus has conquered the planet thanks to bird migration Avian influenza, which primarily affects poultry, has now adapted to wild birds, accompanying them in their journeys ...

Top U.S. health official Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently mused about a novel way to contain bird flu, which is to let it “run through the flock so that we can identify the birds, and preserve the ...

The longer we allow H5N1 to run rampant through animal populations, the greater our chances of disaster. If bird flu becomes the next pandemic, one thing is undeniable: We aren’t prepared.