American science and medicine are becoming increasingly infiltrated by Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), to their ...

The virus impacts milk production and poses significant risks to other bird species, particularly domestic poultry as well as ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging hospitals to accelerate advanced testing of people they suspect ...

Since early 2024, the U.S. has logged 66 human cases of H5N1. Scientists are keeping a watchful eye on the virus’s spread as we enter a new year.

As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains, bird flu is a disease caused by the influenza A virus. At the same time, recent CDC data shows that seasonal influenza A is rising ...

So far, there have been 66 human cases of bird flu reported in 10 states. In the nearly nine months since the first human case of bird flu was detected in the United States, the virus has ...

Bird Flu Virus Likely Mutated Within a Louisiana Patient, CDC Says A genetic analysis suggests the bird flu virus mutated inside a Louisiana patient who contracted the nation’s first severe case ...

Respiratory illnesses like influenza, COVID-19, and RSV are surging across the United States, according to CDC data.

U.S. officials brace every winter for upticks in bird flu because migrating wild birds that spread the virus fly south during the colder months. It's also easier for the virus to spread in the winter.

Tiny genetic alterations could help the bird flu virus enter cells in the upper respiratory tract, the C.D.C. said. But there is no sign that mutations are widespread in nature. By Benjamin ...

According to a report in CNN, scientists said that virus would need to evolve or retain key changes in its genetic sequence to start a pandemic. H5N1 bird flu is an infection that spreads in birds ...

As the first bird flu death in the U.S. sparks concern over the ongoing spread of the virus, epidemiologist and ...