The virus impacts milk production and poses significant risks to other bird species, particularly domestic poultry as well as ...

Current strains of bird flu are “poorly suited for pandemic potential,” said Dr. Shira Doron, a Tufts Medicine infectious ...

The viruses behind many cases of cat flu are not transmissible to humans – confusingly, they’re also not related to influenza viruses. The symptoms that kitties get, such as a runny nose, sneezing, ...

If you have a backyard birdbath and feeder, it’s a good idea to take them down. That’s according to the Texas Parks and ...

The latest confirmation likely reflects follow-up testing of a San Francisco child whose exposure to the virus is still under ...

If you have a backyard bird feeder and bird bath, it’s a good idea to take them down, according to the Texas Parks and ...

Norovirus, also known as the stomach bug, is spreading across the U.S. Here's what to know about the contagious virus and how ...

As health officials track bird flu cases, we're getting answers about what this could mean for human transmission.

Over the past several months, bird-flu numbers have been steadily ticking up, especially among farmworkers who interact ...

Researchers have identified nine mutations in a bird flu strain from a person in Texas. Bad news: this strain is more capable of causing disease and replicates better in the brain. Good news: approved ...

Avian flu is rampant in poultry farms and in wild birds in the U.S. Every mutation brings the virus one step closer to the ...

Since early 2024, the U.S. has logged 66 human cases of H5N1. Scientists are keeping a watchful eye on the virus’s spread as we enter a new year.