The convergence of multiple flu strains in one animal can allow new virus strains to form—just as they did in past pandemics.

A close contact of a Missouri resident identified as having a human case of the H5N1 avian flu also became sick around the ...

The H5N1 virus, initially restricted to Eurasia and Africa, has since spread to North and South America and even reached ...

Here’s the latest news about a global outbreak of H5N1 bird flu that started in 2020, and recently spread among cattle in U.S. states and marine mammals across the world, which health officials ...

While bird flu can be deadly for humans ... “We have the closed sewage system, so storm water runoff is not supposed to intermix with the wastewater, but, you know, we all know that’s not ...

Missouri reported its first human case of the current U.S. outbreak. All other 14 cases nationwide have been livestock ...

In a disclosure that can't eliminate the possibility that bird flu may have spread from one human to another for the first ...

A Missouri resident has developed bird flu, despite having no known contact with any infected animals or humans.

Aug. 20, 2024 — Scientists have discovered why the flu vaccine can perform poorly. They found that a specific type of immune cell, called T follicular helper cells, indirectly controls the anti ...

Last week, a person in Missouri was infected with bird flu despite not having any exposure to animals. The state’s health department said the individual recovered from their illness but that a ...

MONDAY, Sept. 16, 2024 (Healthday News) -- In a disclosure that can't eliminate the possibility that bird flu may have spread from one human to another for the first time, U.S. health officials ...