It is not inevitable that H5N1 will develop into a pandemic -- if we act now. Unfortunately, instead of urgent action, we ...

With cold and flu season approaching, it’s worth knowing about another virus out there—albeit extremely rare: bird flu. Like ...

The convergence of multiple flu strains in one animal can allow new virus strains to form—just as they did in past pandemics.

An extensive look at wastewater samples taken across the United States from May to July found traces of the H5N1 bird flu ...

Researchers in Texas detected H5N1 in wastewater from 10 cities, but the risk to humans is currently low. Ongoing ...

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) "Practical interim guidance to reduce the risk of infection in people exposed to avian ...

Several labs will work with federal health authorities to develop a test for avian influenza, as the number of human cases ...

September will soon be drawing to a close. The kids are back to school, and those of us in the Northern Hemisphere are ...

Mysterious US bird flu case in person without any known contact with an infected animal raises spectre of human-to-human ...

A recent decision by USDA could pave the way for an H5N1 avian flu vaccine for dairy cows by as early as the first quarter of ...

The findings from influenza A virus and H5 subtype monitoring of wastewater have been published in the Sep. 19 issue of the U ...