New research uses bird droppings to track avian flu in remote regions, revealing hidden hotspots and potential for early ...

New versions of the H5N1 virus are increasingly adept at spreading. Suggestions to either let it rip in poultry or vaccinate the birds could backfire.

Bird flu cases have more than doubled in the country within a few ... Despite health officials’ arduous efforts to track human infections, ... the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ended its emergency response for bird flu as the outbreak that sickened ...

This summary covers diverse health-related developments: bird flu-induced trade restrictions on Brazilian chicken exports, ...

A July 29 email reflects the absence of information when some farm owners don’t wish to correspond with public health departments about potential cases of bird flu, also called HPAI, for ...

Doctors and researchers said the moves will make it harder to detect potentially dangerous changes. If the virus continues to ...

More than 100 federal scientists who track bird flu, including vaccine and food safety experts, have been laid off. This comes as the deadly pathogen rips through dairy herds and poultry flocks.

There is much we still don’t know about bird flu. Health officials will continue to track its spread, learning more every day about how the virus evolves and whether more people could be at risk.

Health Departments Struggle to Track Human Cases of Bird Flu, Emails Reveal — "We need to take steps today to prevent the worst-case scenario," says expert by Amy Maxmen, KFF Health News October ...

Bird flu cases have more than doubled in the country within a few weeks, but researchers can't determine why the spike is happening because surveillance for human infections has been patchy for 7 ...