After starting the year with its first known bird flu death, the US expanded its efforts to contain the virus, which enabled ...

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New research reveals why bird flu poses such an unusual danger to humans: it can keep multiplying even at temperatures that normally shut viruses down.

We used to assume bird flu was a risk solely for outdoor hunters, but new data suggests the virus is entering the home ...

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A Washington resident has been hospitalized with a strain of bird flu that has not been seen in humans before, according to the Washington State Health Department. Since 2024, there have been 70 ...

H5N1 bird flu has infected growing numbers of people worldwide in recent years, but this week saw something new: the first recorded human case of an H5N5 avian influenza virus. What is this virus and ...

Although development of a jab for the H5N1 strain of avian flu is well under way, other strains are receiving less attention ...

The CDC says bird flu is a disease caused by avian influenza A viruses (H5N1) that usually spread between birds, not people. It occurs naturally among wild aquatic birds. It's very contagious among ...

The first known human infected with the H5N5 strain of bird flu has died, Washington state health officials confirmed on Friday. The patient was an older adult with underlying health conditions and ...

A strain of bird flu never seen in humans has infected a Washington state resident and left the person hospitalized, state health authorities said. Washington State Department of Health authorities ...