Human bird flu has hospitalized a Canadian teenager at British Columbia Children’s Hospital. He is the first person in Canada ...

The CDC said Thursday it is updating its recommendations for testing, treatment and protection for workers who may be exposed animals infected with bird flu.

A new study revealed more farmworkers had signs of infection, even though they reportedly did not display symptoms of illness.

Almost from the beginning of the spread of H5N1 bird flu among farms and ranches in the U.S. earlier this year, experts and ...

Four additional healthcare workers in Missouri who came in contact with a hospitalized bird flu patient developed mild respiratory symptoms but the virus was not confirmed in any of them ...

NEW YORK -- A Canadian teen is hospitalized in critical condition with what is believed to be bird flu, a British Columbia ...

The new guidance comes after blood tests for 115 farmworkers in Michigan and Colorado showed that eight workers had ...

The World Health Organization voiced alarm at the growing spread of H5N1 bird flu to new species, including humans, who face an ‘extraordinarily high’ mortality rate. Hong Kong should test for ...

CSL Seqirus has agreed to provide 665,000 doses of a bird flu vaccine to the European Commission as part of the EU’s efforts to prepare for a potential outbreak of the disease, with an option to ...

A man in Mexico has died in what the World Health Organization (WHO) has said is the first lab-confirmed human infection with the H5N2 strain of bird flu. The 59-year-old Mexico City resident ...

New Insights on How Bird Flu Crosses the Species Barrier Aug. 19, 2024 — The avian influenza virus needs to mutate to cross the species barrier and to infect and replicate within mammalian cells.