After the H5N1 virus hit the remote island of South Georgia in 2023, more than 50,000 breeding females may have disappeared.

A new vaccine to protect dairy and poultry workers from bird flu does not require a needle and works against multiple strains ...

Since late 2021, a panzootic, or "a pandemic in animals," of highly pathogenic bird flu variant H5N1 has devastated wild birds, agriculture, and mammals. Unlike previous outbreaks, aggressive culling ...

A person in Washington is presumed infected with bird flu virus. Health officials in the state do not know the source.

New findings published in the journal Nature, led by a clinical microbiologist, Kelvin To, at the University of Hong Kong, revealed that the bird flu virus that typically causes minor disease in birds ...

A new simulation shows that environmental changes across Asia’s major bird migration route could accelerate viral evolution and increase the risk of dangerous flu strains emerging. Study: Landscape ...

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

The move by U.S. health officials to start makinga vaccine against the new strain of bird flu is a good idea, regardless of whether the virus ultimately changes, as flu viruses often do, experts say.

The sudden decimation by bird flu of the world's largest seal has sent shockwaves through the scientific community, and the ecosystems shaped by these majestic animals.

Migrating wild birds are spreading the virus to domesticated flocks, increasing the risk of eventually seeing a human ...