HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins have expressed interest in letting H5N1 ...

If we don’t invest in technologies like mRNA vaccines for pandemic influenza now, once a virus starts going human-to-human, ...

Since arriving on a Texas dairy farm nearly a year ago, bird flu has caused havoc in the farming industry, leading to millions of dead birds and thousands of sick cows. More than 65 people have ...

Current strains of bird flu are “poorly suited for pandemic potential,” said Dr. Shira Doron, a Tufts Medicine infectious disease expert.

The bird flu has torn through the country in 2022, ... The man infected in Colorado showed mild symptoms of fatigue and was given antiviral medication for treatment.

He said the U.S. is in a better position currently to address bird flu if it becomes an epidemic or pandemic than the country was to address COVID in 2020. "We know how to do this. We know how to ...

CDC updates recommendations for bird flu testing, treatment after more infections found among dairy workers. 46 human cases have been confirmed so far this year in the U.S., the CDC said.

CDC’s analysis of the virus revealed that it belonged to the same D1.1 genotype of H5N1 bird flu as a case in British Columbia late last year that left a teenager hospitalized in critical condition.

As outbreaks continue throughout the U.S., bird flu poses a threat to birds, animals and some humans. While the risk to the general public is low, the virus can cause mild to severe illness ...

Bird flu wasn’t on Tim Hanson’s mind when he fed his cats specialty pet food containing raw chicken. “You go to the pet shop and it was the premium raw food,” he said. “It was finely ...

Also, on Dec. 18, bird flu was reported in a backyard poultry flock of 88 chickens and five ducks in Kenosha County near the Illinois border. Since early 2022, bird flu has been confirmed in 36 ...

Tufts Medicine Dr. Shira Doron on preventing bird flu as disease cases spike THAT TECH UPGRADE AROUND HERE. AVIAN INFLUENZA OR BIRD FLU IS NOW CONSIDERED WIDESPREAD HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS.