The outbreak isn’t widespread, so the risk to humans is low. But it does have the potential to cause severe illness.

Bird flu cases reported in parts of Maharashtra have triggered fresh public health concern, especially after infected poultry were detected in affected zones. While human infections remain rare, ...

Bird flu viruses are a particular threat to humans because they can replicate at temperatures higher than a typical fever, one of the body's ways of stopping viruses in their tracks, according to new ...

Symptoms range from conjunctivitis and mild respiratory illness to severe pneumonia and respiratory failure. Read more at ...

The first ever avian influenza vaccine recently started trials in the US. This marks a milestone in the prevention of bird flu infections in humans. The vaccine targets the H5N1 flu strain, which ...

Federal Agriculture Minister Julie Collins says Australia “cannot prevent” a deadly strain of bird flu from reaching our ...

A third confirmed case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu has been found in a migratory bird on Australia's southern coast.

Mark Naniot remembers 2022 as the summer from hell. As the co-founder of Wild Instincts animal rescue in Wisconsin’s Northwoods, Naniot and his team spent the season sweating in gloves, gowns, smocks ...

When highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu spilled into U.S. dairy herds in 2024, veterinarians saw something strange: cows were ...