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

Samples taken from the first patient who died from bird flu show that a strain of the virus has “mutated” to infect humans ...

With reports of the first human death from bird flu in the US, some Americans are feeling an uncomfortable flashback to the ...

As the bird flu situation develops in the U.S., scientists told Newsweek the virus could become a pandemic--depending on what happens next. Right now, California is the epicenter of the outbreak ...

The first person in the U.S. just died from a strain of the virus in Louisiana, but there’s still some simple ways to stay ...

After Louisiana reported the first "severe" case of bird flu, however, Osterholm urged federal officials to prepare for a possible pandemic. Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House COVID-19 response ...

but this child tested positive for a strain of bird flu, called H5N1, which infectious disease experts worry could fuel the next human pandemic. The virus first emerged on poultry farms in Hong ...

As the first bird flu death in the U.S. sparks concern over the ongoing spread of the virus, epidemiologist and microbiologist Meghan Davis explains what to know and do ...

Related: Can we prevent a bird flu pandemic in humans?] Bird flu has been circulating widely among wild and farmed birds in the U.S. since 2022. Many mammals have also been infected in the ...