A teenager in British Columbia was hospitalized in critical condition with the disease, and officials were working to find ...

Another cause for concern: flu season is underway in the U.S., and as seasonal influenza virus goes around, “humans, ...

Viruses work by taking control of our cells and carefully reprogramming them into machines to make more viruses. Because of ...

A Canadian teenager infected with bird flu — that country’s first case involving a locally acquired infection — is in ...

No evidence of human transmission, but virus found in increasing number of animals World Health Organization says H5N1's risk ...

In 2023, a highly pathogenic bird flu leapt to seals in South America, killing some 17,000 elephant seal pups (about 97 ...

The health agency now urges proactive testing and treatment for the virus among any workers who were exposed to H5N1.

Farmworkers in close contact with infected animals should be tested and offered treatment even if they show no symptoms, said Dr. Nirav Shah, principal director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...

H5N1 influenza has now been detected in pigs. This was something virologists had been worrying about ever since this highly ...

First case of H5N1 virus detected in pig in U.S., raising concerns for public health officials. Genetic analysis underway, but risk to public remains low.

(CNN) — H5N1 bird flu has been identified in a pig in the ... with the virus later showed evidence of the infection in their blood, demonstrating that the pigs had “high resistance” to ...