In a bid to get ahead of the next global flu pandemic, scientists have turned to a surprising tool: bird poop. In remote parts of the Indian Ocean and Oceania — regions often neglected during global ...

The Minister warned that while over 800 H5N1 cases were reported globally last year with no human-to-human transmission so far, the virus’s potential mutation poses a serious pandemic threat, possibly ...

For months, bird flu was seemingly everywhere in the U.S.: news headlines reported the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus was rapidly sweeping through hundreds of herds of dairy cattle and ...

Citing a drop in case numbers, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has ended its emergency response to the H5N1 bird flu outbreak, which has affected hundreds of millions of birds and ...

Over the past three years, bird flu — caused by the avian influenza A (H5N1) virus — has extended its reach around the U.S. and across many species. The virus arrived in wild birds, but it has now ...

From the outset of the Trump administration, bird flu, or H5N1 avian influenza, has flown rather conspicuously — and in fact quite mysteriously — under the radar. So much so that this week, the ...

Yes, most cats in the U.S. and other areas where bird flu has been seen are in greater danger now that the weather is warming. More cats will get sick because they will be exposed to the avian flu ...

If the results are promising, veterinarians hope to give the shots to wild Hawaiian monk seals, which are endangered.