Bird flu’s threat to most people remains pretty low. Still, here’s what makes this case concerning to experts, and what you can do to keep yourself safe. What experts are worrying about ...

Public health officials are continuing to monitor an outbreak of avian influenza, also known as bird flu, as it spreads across the U.S. The strain, known as H5N1, sickened several mammals this ...

Scientists always knew a deadly virus was going to jump from animals to humans: COVID was not the first time it has happened, ...

The latest human case of bird flu in the U.S. occurred in a patient with no reported exposure to affected animals, sparking questions over whether the virus is spreading between people. Experts ...

As bird flu infections rise in dairy cattle and chickens, human cases are ticking up too, leaving many people to wonder whether they might be at risk from this recently arrived virus.

Crucially, no forms of the bird flu virus seem to have spread efficiently from person to person. That is no guarantee that H5N1 will not acquire that ability, said Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a virologist ...

Bird flu may be spreading between people and cats more than previously thought, a new federal study said. The findings published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s ...

In the past year, 66 people have had confirmed cases of bird flu in the U.S. The World Health Organization logged 939 human cases globally since 2003, of which 464 were fatal, although most cases ...

A person in Texas caught bird flu after exposure to cows that were thought to be ill Updated April 1, 2024 4:21 PM ET Originally published March 31, 2024 1:25 PM ET By ...

Dairy cows across the country are infected by the H5N1 bird flu. The virus isn’t spreading among people, but scientists are on guard for changes in the strain currently circulating in cattle.

That person and any additional contacts of the individual who had bird flu should definitely be tested for previous infection, says Seema Lakdawala, an associate professor of microbiology and ...