Each year, seasonal flu sickens about 1 billion people worldwide and causes approximately 290,000 to 650,000 respiratory ...

When a disease-causing pathogen such as a flu virus is already adapted to infect a particular animal species, it may ...

"We are continually tracking not just the virus in animals, but then also monitoring [people] who may have been exposed to ...

Knowable Magazine answers questions about how dangerous bird flu is, where it came from, and what key events paved the way ...

The detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza, HPAI, subtype H5N1 in dairy cattle was confirmed in March 2024 by the U.S ...

An international team of researchers led by Professor Huaijun Zhou from the UC Davis Department of Animal Science has created ...

Bird flu in cats typically causes severe neurological symptoms, including blindness and seizures, along with breathing issues ...

India’s ongoing battle with bird flu has taken a serious turn, as the deadly H5N1 virus—once largely restricted to poultry—has begun infecting a wide range of non-avian species, including ...

A source says USDA employees who worked on bird flu response have accepted incentives to leave the agency, which could strain efforts to combat virus ...

open image in gallery H5N1 is displaying a common pattern of stepwise invasion from animal to human populations When a disease-causing pathogen such as a flu virus is already adapted to infect a ...