Scientists also know a lot more about H5N1 bird flu than they did the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and the US has been preparing for the threat of a new flu outbreak for a long time. Still, the virus is ...

The U.S. hasn’t been able to control the spread of the H5N1 bird flu. And now, there’s been a reported outbreak in the U.S. of another strain of avian influenza, H5N9. This H5N9 outbreak ...

H5N1 has been the dominant grouping of strains fueling this past year's outbreaks in the U.S., with different variants of that virus spreading in wild birds, poultry flocks, dairy cattle ...

What is bird flu? Will it affect egg and poultry prices at the grocery store? Is it legal to raise backyard chickens in Ohio?

Lithuania has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, on a laying hen farm ...

At the center of the issue, fanning the on-going problem for poultry and dairy producers as well, is the Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza A virus (HPAI H5N1). AgriTalk Host Chip Flory ...

An illness like this wouldn’t normally make headlines, but this child tested positive for a strain of bird flu, called H5N1, which infectious disease experts worry could fuel the next human ...

As cases of H5N1 bird flu rise across the U.S., some of us may be more immune to the virus than others. Many people may have immune cells called "T cells" primed and ready to fight the "highly ...

A child in California is presumed to have H5N1 bird flu, according to the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH). As of Dec. 23, there had been 36 confirmed human cases of bird flu in ...

But how do researchers know that if a person tests positive for influenza A, it’s not H5N1 avian flu? “We don’t have the ability to differentiate through quick, antigen tests at this time ...