David Quammen, the prescient science writer who foresaw the Covid-19 pandemic, is sounding the alarm about a new potential global health threat: bird flu. Quammen, known for his accurate ...

An individual in Missouri has contracted bird flu, the first human infection unconnected to farm work in an outbreak detected in the spring when the disease was discovered among dairy cows.

Scientists have been keeping an eye on bird flu ever since it was first discovered nearly 30 years ago. Experts have long recognized that the H5N1 virus that causes the disease has pandemic ...

In March 2024, investigators discovered dairy cows in the U.S. were infected with H5N1. For those who study the disease, this was a wake-up call. Bird flu is rare in cows, and it had never before ...

Now, a new strain of bird flu has been discovered in cattle. It has led to more severe disease in some people. Dr. Kamran Khan: This is a threat that is very significant and very real. And I ...