A teenager in Canada is critically ill with the country's first human case of H5N1 bird flu. Health officials aren't sure how ...

Updated vaccines, proper hygiene and staying home when you're sick can help prevent the spread of respiratory illnesses this ...

The CDC collaborates with diagnostics industry leaders to develop a rapid, point-of-need test for avian influenza A/H5 in ...

There have been dozens of confirmed human cases of bird flu in the U.S. this year. Experts discuss the symptoms, risks and ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Researchers have identified new roles for a protein long known to protect against severe flu infection – among them, raising the minimum number of viral particles needed to cause ...

and is using flu surveillance to monitor for H5 bird flu activity in people, particularly those with animal exposures. CDC began monitoring wastewater across the nation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Avian flu typically spreads between wild and domestic birds but can spread to other animals and people. There have now been ...

Experts and health authorities say that while the risk of human infection with the H5N1 strain of avian influenza remains low ...

Canadian health officials have confirmed bird flu in a British Columbia teen. The Public Health Agency of Canada said ...

Cases of H5N1 bird flu in U.S. dairy and poultry workers have largely been mild. However, a new case in a British Columbia ...

The data from the CDC's National Immunization Survey estimates that 37.6% of Americans ages 65 and older had gotten a shot of ...