According to a new study, an evolutionary shift around 2020 helped the bird flu virus adapt better to wild birds.

A recent JAMA Network Open review confirmed that asymptomatic human infections with highly pathogenic H5N1 (avian flu) are rare but possible, identifying 18 cases worldwide.

One person had died from the disease. In early January, a backyard flock keeper hospitalized with bird flu in Louisiana ...

A Washington state resident has been hospitalized with H5N5 bird flu — a strain never before seen in humans. The patient, an ...

H5N1 avian flu activity is currently high, as wild birds spread the virus during their migration. Over the past 30 days, 88 ...

Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we ...

Early this year, bird flu ripped through 80 farms in Ohio and Indiana. Using genetic markers, wind simulations, satellite ...

The CDC says bird flu is a disease caused by avian influenza A viruses (H5N1) that usually spread between birds, not people. It occurs naturally among wild aquatic birds. It's very contagious among ...

GORDON COUNTY, Ga. — Gordon County officials announced Friday that Georgia state officials were onsite at a poultry operation to investigate a suspected case of avian influenza, commonly known as bird ...

Type A viruses are the most significant for human and animal health, and they are all descended from avian viruses. The flu A ...