A 13-year-old girl in Canada became so sick with H5N1, or bird flu, in late 2024 that she had to be put on a ventilator.

In light of the ongoing global spread of the H5N1 avian influenza, U.S. public health experts are reassured that current ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) viruses have caused widespread infections in dairy cows and poultry in the United ...

Most human cases of bird flu in North America have been mild, a fact that’s underscored by a new study of the first 46 ...

So far, the H5N1 virus isn't transmitted between people — but the CDC has found a mutation in a human case "concerning." ...

A virologist explains that why this probably isn’t the big one — but that it’s a sign of bad things happening with the virus.

Here's what to know about the spread of H5N1 bird flu in the ... In May, authorities in Mexico confirmed a fatal human case ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Wisconsin has identified its first human case of the bird flu. The Wisconsin Department ... entering the picture for influenza, you know, there's an increased awareness that ...

Wisconsin's first case of H5N1 bird flu in a human was confirmed Friday by test results from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Until now, officials had listed the case involving a ...

California's dairy industry has been clobbered in recent months by a rampant outbreak of bird flu among its cattle, leading to recalls of raw milk and a state of emergency being called by the governor ...

Unfortunately, that just changed with a case of “severe bird flu.” A person in Louisiana has been hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu, which is the first case of severe H5N1 in America ...

They’re not believed to have been exposed to raw milk, as seen in the first ... the cases. Other birds, cats, and wild animals continue to be tested for bird flu as well. And the humans who ...