H5N1 bird flu, also known as avian influenza, continues to spread, with reports of a third human case from an unknown ...

A new antibody therapy effectively protects monkeys from severe H5N1 avian flu, offering hope for a universal flu vaccine and ...

also known as avian flu H5N1, though there is concern that the virus, which has spread among farm cows in the US, may mutate and spread to humans, leading to a flu pandemic. One of the barriers ...

Scientists also know a lot more about H5N1 bird flu than they did the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and the US has been preparing for the threat of a new flu outbreak for a long time. Still, the virus is ...

The Centers for Disease Control announced the first human death from H5N1 avian flu or "bird flu" in the United States on Jan. 6 - and the illness continues to spread. In a Jan. 6 news release ...

But how do researchers know that if a person tests positive for influenza A, it’s not H5N1 avian flu? “We don’t have the ability to differentiate through quick, antigen tests at this time ...

Influenza A(H5N1) is one of several "avian influenza viruses (AIVs)," notable for causing severe and usually lethal respiratory tract infections in birds. Colloquially termed "bird flu," AIVs are ...

A child in California is presumed to have H5N1 bird flu, according to the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH). As of Dec. 23, there had been 36 confirmed human cases of bird flu in ...

Are eggs safe to eat amid the current avian flu outbreak? Have people in the U.S. contracted bird flu? We VERIFY the answers to common questions.