The convergence of multiple flu strains in one animal can allow new virus strains to form—just as they did in past pandemics.

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

A patient in Missouri who was hospitalized after an infection with bird flu had the H5N1 strain of the virus, the US Centers ...

A Missouri resident has tested positive for avian influenza without any known animal exposure, marking a first in the US. The ...

Amid rising cases of mpox and other viruses, a Missouri resident is reported to have the bird flu. This is the first person ...

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

Federal officials are still trying to determine how a Missouri resident with no known exposure to bird flu, contracted the ...

San Diego County is now the fifth location in California to detect the bird flu, county officials announced Monday. San ...

A close contact of a Missouri resident identified as having a human case of the H5N1 avian flu also became sick around the ...

Avian influenza, or bird flu, refers to the disease caused by infection with Type A viruses. The Alabama Department of Public Health reports these viruses occur naturally among wild aquatic birds ...

July 19The CDC confirmed an additional two bird flu cases in poultry farm workers from the same facility in Colorado, bringing the country’s total human case count to 11. July 15Officials ...

The Missouri case has raised the possibility of human-to-human transmission of bird flu. But officials stressed Thursday there is no evidence of other people being infected and the risk to the general ...