A third case of bird flu has been reported in Anne Arundel County according to preliminary tests, the Maryland Department of ...

Some experts have raised alarms about the potential for another pandemic as numbers of H5N1 avian influenza infections rise in animals and humans. H5N1 bird flu is widespread among wild birds in the ...

May 7, 2025 -- It was the kind of news that made scientists grab their phones and start texting colleagues. H5N1, commonly called bird flu, had been detected in cows. Scientists had been closely ...

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

The CDC is warning that drinking raw milk can lead to human infections from the bird flu virus. In a research report released ...

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Health officials are making a renewed call for vigilance against bird flu, but some experts are puzzling over why reports of new human cases have stopped appearing. Has the search for cases been ...

H5N1 bird flu, prevalent in U.S. wild birds, has caused increasing outbreaks in poultry and dairy cows, leading to 70 human cases and one death since 2024. Experts are divided on the pandemic ...