The CDC has ended its H5N1 bird flu emergency response, but experts urge continued vigilance as the virus remains a threat ...

Since 2022, the virus has affected nearly 175 million birds, including commercial and wild birds.

The CDC is reporting that H5N1 bird flu cases in animals have declined, and there haven't been any new human infections since ...

The CDC ends its emergency response to H5N1 bird flu after recording 70 human cases and one death nationally, even as experts ...

More than a year after bird flu jumped to cattle, scientists are focused on two big questions: Could bird flu become a pandemic? And how can we stop that from happening?

The National Academy of Sciences has canceled a workshop on preventing human bird flu infections after being told to stop work on the event by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Several House Democrats are investigating Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over his bird flu response, which they called “dangerous and reckless.” In a Tuesday ...

Trump administration cuts FDA staff handling bird flu outbreaks Federal regulators were responsible for recalling pet food contaminated with bird flu, which killed household cats.

The White House Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy was orchestrating the country’s response to bird flu until January 20.

At a time when public health efforts should be strengthened, the Trump administration’s federal workforce cuts are undermining our ability to combat the bird flu crisis.

According to the CDC, around 12,000 wild birds, 166 million poultry and 976 dairy herds have been affected by the virus at the center of the outbreak, highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1).

The CDC reported several new asymptomatic human cases of bird flu, suggesting the virus may be silently spreading and potentially a few mutations away from human-to-human transmission.