A recent study has revealed that a single genetic change in a strain of the highly pathogenic H5 influenza virus could ...

Bird flu has been found in all states, including Ingham County. So should you be refilling your backyard bird feeder this ...

A variant of the bird flu virus, collected in 2016 and no longer in circulation, was just one mutation away from being able to bind to human receptors.

Rampant bird flu has torn across America’s livestock, sickened farm workers and resulted in the culling of millions of birds ...

The joint assessment of recent influenza A(H5) virus events in animals and people is based on data as of March 1, 2025.

“This biosensor is the first of its kind,” said Rajan Chakrabarty, a professor of energy, environmental, and chemical ...

Health officials in Mexico say a 3-year-old girl from the western state of Durango is the country’s first confirmed human ...

It's also present in human eyes, which could explain why pinkeye was the most common clinical sign in people who caught bird ...

Both swine and avian influenza are strains of influenza A. Just as swine flu strains tend to infect pigs, avian flu strains tend to infect birds. But the potential for influenza A viruses that ...

A 3-year-old girl in western Mexico has died after contracting bird flu in the country's first confirmed human case of the virus, Mexican health authorities said Tuesday. Mexico's Health Ministry said ...

Mexico has detected its first human case of H5N1 avian influenza, also known as bird flu, the health ministry said on Friday.

MassWildlife also asks hunters to report sick or deceased birds if they find five or more at a single location, as this could be a sign of a possible outbreak. Spring turkey hunting season in ...