Close to 1,000 zoonotic infections with the A/goose/Guangdong/1/96-lineage A (H5) viruses have been detected globally with a mortality of over 50%. Despite these numbers, decades of circulation in ...

A Washington state resident has tested positive for bird flu, marking the first human case in the U.S. in nine months, and ...

A Washington resident has been hospitalized with bird flu, according to the Washington State Health Department, and they’re ...

Fota Wildlife Park staff describe the emotional toll of the avian flu outbreak, the painful decisions made, and the ongoing ...

The avian flu is devastating marine mammal populations. A new survey finds that nearly half of breeding females in the world's largest population of southern elephant seals were killed by the virus.

Since late 2021, a panzootic, or "a pandemic in animals," of highly pathogenic bird flu variant H5N1 has devastated wild ...

Cornell scientists discover that the H5N1 virus survives for up to 120 days in raw milk cheese, which contravenes health ...

Since first being detected in Newfoundland in 2021, a subtype of highly pathogenic avian influenza, HPAI A(H5Nx), has had a ...

The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) has issued an urgent appeal to the public to report sightings of dead birds following ...

Since the start of October, the Pacific Northwest and California have seen several detections of bird flu in flocks. The largest case in the region this fall has been a Washington commercial egg layer ...

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 ...