HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins have expressed interest in letting H5N1 ...

The virus has not yet evolved to spread efficiently between people. Excellent vaccine technology exists, but the government ...

Both bird flu and most cases of seasonal flu now circulating are considered type A flu. ... CDC expects more than 200,000 people will be infected by the end of the season.

Amidst an ongoing outbreak of a deadly bird flu virus in livestock, the US Department of Agriculture is doing more to prevent ...

Both swine and avian influenza are strains of influenza A. Just as swine flu strains tend to infect pigs, avian flu strains ...

The U.S’s biggest dairy-producing state is being squeezed by the recent outbreak of bird flu, which also affects cattle—and ...

South Africa is grappling with a resurgence of the H5N1 bird flu, following outbreaks on poultry farms in Tswaing and Mkhondo ...

H5N1 was believed to spread primarily through direct contact with infected animals or their bodily fluids, but the new ...

Dr. Fiona Havers, who studied medicine at the University of Washington, says the wholesale dismissal of the CDC's scientific advisers crossed the line for her.

The global health landscape is evolving with Brazil battling bird flu-related trade restrictions, Nestle USA eliminating ...

Long Island’s last commercial duck farm is rebuilding after a bird flu outbreak forced the destruction of its entire ...