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.

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 ...

But if it started in a country that Americans have stereotypes towards, naming it after that region — as with Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), Asian Flu, and now, Wuhan Coronavirus ...

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 ...

Boston Detective and Dad of 2 Young Boys Dies After Flu Leads to Sepsis and Cardiac Trauma: 'Gentle Giant' Active-duty police detective Mark Walsh of Milton, Mass., is being remembered for "the ...

But even if it is moving through the air, he said, that doesn’t necessarily make bird flu a bigger threat to people. For one thing, the current versions of the H5N1 virus that are infecting ...