Over the past three years, avian influenza (H5N1) has spread around the U.S. and affected many species of birds and mammals, ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses like H5N1, H5N6, and H7N9 pose an evolving global threat due to their capacity to infect birds, mammals, and occasionally humans, with sporadic outbreaks and ...

The Gs/Gd lineage of highly pathogenic H5 avian influenza viruses—including H5N1—has rapidly evolved, spreading globally and ...

Researchers at the University of Maryland recently revealed a disturbing trend: cats are catching bird flu—and dying from ...

Public health risks remain low, but experts in Europe are calling for more surveillance given the virus is so widespread among birds. View on euronews ...

Health officials are making a renewed call for vigilance against bird flu, but some experts are puzzling over why reports of ...

Outbreaks of bird flu in mammals more than doubled across the world last year, raising the risk that the virus could ...

The first major global review of bird flu in cats reveals an emerging threat of a potential human pandemic. Spring is here, ...

Outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza more than doubled in mammals in 2024 from the year before, according to the a ...

As bird flu sweeps across US poultry and cattle farms, researchers are racing to find ways to contain the outbreaks before ...

Pigs could play a key role in ending the flu as we know it. That’s the message behind new research testing a ...

The idea is biologically plausible and historically grounded — and it reframes how we think about the origin of pandemics.