Bird flu has been rampaging through wildlife and farm animals worldwide. Will it make the long-feared jump to humans?

Bird flu could be the next pandemic It’s one of the worst nightmares facing epidemiologists: that the virus could escape ...

A new warning from global health experts is raising alarms about the potential for a bird flu pandemic that could outpace the devastation of COVID-19, if the H5N1 virus mutates to spread easily ...

New research reveals why bird flu poses such an unusual danger to humans: it can keep multiplying even at temperatures that normally shut viruses down.

Simulation finds quarantining is most effective in controlling human spread as long as it is done when number of infected people is as low as two ...

In early 2022, almost 10 percent of the global Dalmatian pelican population perished. The near-threatened species, one of the world’s largest freshwater birds, was not particularly susceptible to ...

A new study has raised alarm bells about the potential for the H5N1 bird flu virus to evolve into a strain sparking a human pandemic. A single mutation in the virus currently ravaging dairy farms ...

Bird flu, particularly H5N1, is spreading through animals, raising pandemic concerns. While human infections are rare and ...

News that northern China is seeing a surge of the respiratory illness called human metapneumovirus (HMPV), bringing an uptick in hospitalizations, is sparking a bit of anxious déjà vu on social media.

When the world slowed down during the COVID-19 pandemic, its effects extended beyond humans. A recent study found that it ...

World Health Organization member states are drafting an accord focused on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. An early draft of the accord, which is not finalized, included language about ...