On 21 November, the Washington State Department of Health confirmed that a person who was undergoing treatment for H5N5 avian ...

A resident of Washington state has become the first recorded human case of the H5N5 avian influenza virus. The virus, similar to H5N1, primarily affects birds but has now infected a human, raising ...

H5N1 bird flu has infected growing numbers of people worldwide in recent years, but this week saw something new: the first ...

The bird flu virus that has been spreading among wild birds, poultry and mammals could lead to a pandemic worse than COVID-19 ...

The Institut Pasteur was among the first European labs to develop and share Covid-19 detection tests, making protocols ...

"A bird flu pandemic would probably be quite severe, potentially even more severe than the pandemic we experienced." ...

France’s Institut Pasteur has warned that the bird flu virus spreading among wild birds, poultry, and mammals could lead to a pandemic worse than Covid-19 if it mutates for human-to-human transmission ...

The head of France's Institut Pasteur respiratory infections centre warned of the virus that has been spreading among wild ...

The bird flu virus that has been spreading among wild birds, poultry and mammals could lead to a pandemic worse than COVID-19 ...

A rare bird flu virus has claimed the life of a Washington state resident, making it the first known human case of this specific strain in the US.