Avian flu in dairy cows could stick around on US farms forever, and is raising the risk of outbreaks in mammals—including ...

It started out ravaging the poultry industry, but bird flu made the jump to US cattle this year and has been impacting the dairy industry since spring, thinning the virus' line between where it's ...

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

or bird flu. This person’s only symptom was conjunctivitis—or redness of the eyes—after being exposed to dairy cattle that were presumed to be infected with HPAI. This was the second ...

Either of these scenarios suggests that bird flu is even more entrenched than we realized. In Colorado the disease appears particularly pervasive: more than eight million commercial chickens to ...

Last spring, federal officials announced the spread of a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu — first in cattle and then in humans who had contact with infected animals. Now, a person in ...

A bird flu strain that began circulating in 2020 continues to evolve globally and locally within the United States. If you’re ...

Aug. 20, 2024 — Scientists have discovered why the flu vaccine can perform poorly. They found that a specific type of immune cell, called T follicular helper cells, indirectly controls the anti ...

There is no way to predict whether avian flu will trigger a pandemic in humans, but experts are monitoring its spread and studying how it is changing and evolving. Image source, Getty Images H5N1 ...

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Last week, a person in Missouri was infected with bird flu despite not having any exposure to animals. The state’s health department said the individual recovered from their illness but that a ...