Bird flu symptoms in humans are similar to influenza. Antiviral medications are the primary treatment, along with supportive care for severe cases.

Bacteriologist and parasitologist Michelle Jakaitis uses a microscope to view a training sample of veligers, which are the ...

A widespread outbreak of H5N1 bird flu has devastated California’s ....USDA to distribute over $230 million in emergency relief payments ...

HPAI outbreaks are a serious concern for both animal and public health. A wave of HPAI outbreaks across the Northern Hemisphere during 2022 were associated with an increase in the number of avian ...

Since 2021, H5 avian influenza viruses (AIVs) have caused widespread outbreaks among birds and mammals worldwide.1 In China, three fatal human H5N6 infections were reported in 2024 (two in Fujian and ...

A new paper from a team of Cornell University researchers shows that the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus causes severe mastitis and decreased milk production in dairy cows, a drop-off ...

The Brazilian Agriculture Ministry said on Tuesday that Jordan, Peru and Hong Kong removed trade restrictions on chicken meat related to the bird flu outbreak in a Brazilian commercial farm in May, ...

“But if you do take that time to think about it, it’s pretty sad.” She lived that reality firsthand in early 2022, soon after the killer strain of bird flu arrived in North America. Northern Gannets, ...

Bird Flu Is out of the News but Still Circulating Bird flu was nearly everywhere in the U.S.—in chickens, cows, pet cats and even humans. Cases have gone down, but experts warn that it hasn’t ...

Avian influenza, a virus of the orthomyxoviridae family. The flu virus causes an infectious and contagious respiratory disease, and often results in a pandemic and/or smaller seasonal epidemic.

As bird flu evolves, keeping it out of farm flocks is getting harder New versions of the H5N1 virus are increasingly adept at spreading ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ended its emergency response to bird flu as the outbreak that sickened dozens of people, spread to cattle, and drove up egg prices has abated. Bloomberg ...