San Francisco confirmed that a child in the city became the first case of H5N1. A panel of biotech leaders discussed what options could be taken next.

How are people contracting bird flu? Can people pass bird flu to each other? Is there bird flu in Oakland? All your questions, answered.

Bird flu is a disease caused by avian influenza A viruses, according to the CDC. The virus mostly spreads between birds and dairy cows, but there have been 67 human cases of bird flu nationwide and one death tied to the infection since 2024, CDC records show.

On Thursday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed another case of avian influenza A(H5N1), or bird flu, in California, bringing the nationwide total of cases to 67.

A California child was recently confirmed as the third human case of bird flu with a known source of infection. What could this mean in our fight against the disease?

Due to ongoing sporadic H5N1 avian flu infections and brisk levels of seasonal flu activity, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today urged healthcare providers to subtype all influenza A specimens in hospitalized patients, especially those in the intensive care unit (ICU), as soon as possible.

The different, rarer sub-type of the common avian influenza H5N1 virus has been found on a duck farm in Merced County, California, according to the World Organization for Animal Health.

Bird flu has been making the rounds in the United States over the last year and appears to be resurging again. Here’s what you need to know.

The Trump administration has paused public communications from health agencies, causing concern for California's ability to respond to the avian flu outbreak.

Public Health Threats The world faces a host of public health threats this year including Avian flu, Norovirus, Human metapneumovirus, Oropouche, and the continued threat of Covid-19. Alongside the lower

To learn more about the recent bird flu outbreaks, we spoke with Asha Shah, MD, director of infectious diseases and epidemiologist at Stamford Hospital. In this interview with Asha Shah, MD ...

The Government of the Falkland Islands confirmed that on Thursday 10 October 2024 swabs that were taken from dead penguins at Volunteer Point, which returned a positive result for HPAI. Given the ...