The H5N1 bird flu virus has historically extracted a heavy toll when it infects humans, with nearly half of confirmed cases ...

In one of the top Arctic birding destinations in the world, environmental and health challenges are threatening some of the seabirds that are part of Norway’s unique ...

Bird flu fears have focused on the poultry and dairy industries and human health. But wild animals are threatened, too—at ...

Influenza viruses like bird flu can mix and match their genomes, and this has played a role in at least three of the last ...

Influenza viruses are shifty entities. A seemingly ingenious and sneaky way for viruses to make these leaps is by swapping ...

H5N1 avian influenza has long been a concerning virus. Since its discovery in 1996 in waterfowl, bird flu has occasionally ...

Indiana had 34 commercial poultry flocks and 11 small/hobby flocks test positive for bird flu over the past four years, including 27 cases diagnosed this year.

As bird flu evolves, keeping it out of farm flocks is getting harder New versions of the H5N1 virus are increasingly adept at spreading ...

Bald eagles recovering from flu Georgia’s bald eagles are having an average nesting year, as Emily Jones of WABE/Grist reports. Along the coast, where eagle densities are highest, the birds seem to be ...

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

CDC announces the end of its H5N1 bird flu emergency response as cases drop ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has ended its emergency response to the H5N1 bird flu and said Monday it will streamline future updates on the virus with routine reports on seasonal ...