Among animals, more than 169 million commercial poultry or backyard birds have been infected in the current H5N1 outbreak, ...

Bird flu is easing with spring’s arrival, but migrating birds still pose risks. See how farmers are working to prevent outbreaks as the virus continues to evolve.

A call-to-action has been made by the Global Virus Network, who are urging world governments to increase surveillance and ...

Public health experts share concerns that the H5N1 bird flu outbreak could turn into a pandemic. What to know after Louisiana ...

It takes several hours for the results of a polymerase chain reaction test, which “detects genetic material from a pathogen ...

Wastewater disease surveillance has become central to public health officials’ ability to track the H5N1 bird flu that's now ...

More U.S. children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine flu pandemic 15 years ago, according to a ...

The spread of H5N1 avian influenza virus in the United States has sparked fears of a potential pandemic. The H5N1 virus is ...

Too easily overlooked are non-influenza, non-COVID viruses and bacteria that are burgeoning and spreading unchecked — both in ...

Streptococcus Group A affects close to 20% of U.S. children, according to Dr. Joshua Osowicki, senior research fellow at the ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses were found in 38 people in CA from Sept. 30 to Dec. 24, 2024, including the first pediatric case in the US.