South Africa has reported the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza, or bird flu, on two poultry farms in the country, the World Organisation for Animal Health said on Wednesday.

Purdue University researchers now have developed an innovative, paper-based diagnostic test for rapidly detecting avian ...

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

Small and stocky birds perch, hunched over, on the treetops and branches of Lake Okeechobee on the edge of Florida’s swampy ...

Recent findings reveal H5N1 avian influenza is evolving, evading immunity, and increasing pandemic potential, highlighting ...

The H5N1 avian influenza virus has infected birds and mammals around the world. As of June 2025, 70 people have been infected ...

The H5N1 avian influenza virus has infected birds and mammals around the world. As of June 2025, 70 people have been infected ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - A resident of Southwest Louisiana is currently hospitalized with a case of H5N1, the Louisiana Department of Health confirmed. H5N1, or highly pathogenic avian influenza ...

Hawaii first detected and confirmed H5N1, or highly pathogenic avian influenza in a backyard flock of waterfowl at Susie’s Duck Sanctuary in Wahiawa in mid-November.

Boehringer Ingelheim is expanding its Vaxxitek vaccine portfolio with the launch of Vaxitek HVT+IBD+H5, a trivalent poultry vaccine providing protection against H5 avian influenza, also known as bird ...

Canada reported its first domestically acquired human case of avian influenza, known formally as A (H5N1), on Nov. 9, 2024, when a teen patient in B.C. was placed on life support.