We used to assume bird flu was a risk solely for outdoor hunters, but new data suggests the virus is entering the home ...

In 2025, infectious diseases resurged globally due to climate change, conflict, and declining vaccination coverage. Bird flu, ...

The top 5 infectious disease stories on AJMC.com this year covered both outbreaks and government-related developments. Bird ...

After starting the year with its first known bird flu death, the US expanded its efforts to contain the virus, which enabled ...

The H5N1 avian influenza virus—commonly known as bird flu—has been causing outbreaks in dairy cows in the United States since March 2024. Now, scientists studying the adaptation of the avian H5N1 ...

Although development of a jab for the H5N1 strain of avian flu is well under way, other strains are receiving less attention ...

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 ...

Bird flu kills dozens of Canada geese in southwest Iowa's first large die-off, and DNR asks residents to monitor, report.

If we avert our eyes from the bird flu threat because our systems have grown inattentive, underfunded and unprepared, we risk ...

New research shows that genetic changes in modern H5N1 viruses improve their ability to infect bovine cells, helping explain recent HPAI detections in U.S. dairy herds.