An avian influenza outbreak has been confirmed at a poultry farm in Odisha's Puri district, leading the state government to ...

A bird flu outbreak in Odisha's Puri district has led to emergency containment measures, including the culling of over 6,700 ...

The CDC has ended its H5N1 bird flu emergency response, but experts urge continued vigilance as the virus remains a threat ...

The Odisha state government has culled over 6,700 birds following the detection of the H5N1 avian influenza virus in Puri district's poultry farm.

New versions of the H5N1 virus are increasingly adept at spreading. Suggestions to either let it rip in poultry or vaccinate the birds could backfire.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has ended its emergency response to the H5N1 avian flu. A spokesperson ...

H5N1 was believed to spread primarily through direct contact with infected animals or their bodily fluids, but the new findings suggest it can also be transmitted through respiratory droplets and ...

Cambodia’s Ministry of Health recently confirmed the country’s twelfth human case of H5N1 avian influenza so far this year.

Because H5N1 is a virus specifically evolved to attack birds, it isn’t as good at infecting the cells of mammals — yet. But if you can count on one thing for viruses to do, it’s mutate.

Experts urge U.S. to prepare for possible new pandemic as H5N1 bird flu outbreak spreads with dairy animal and human cases. Here's what to know.

But the first signs that H5N1 — or any new flu virus — was starting to spread from person to person would trigger a race to produce massive amounts of vaccine to try to mitigate the damage ...

Bird flu was probably circulating in dairy cows for at least four months before it was confirmed to be the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus, according to a new analysis of genomic data by scientists ...