Welcome to our bird flu information center! Here, you’ll find everything you need to know about bird flu, its symptoms, and the latest updates in the UK. Bird flu, also known as avian influenza ...

A bird flu strain that began circulating in 2020 continues to evolve globally and locally within the United States. If you’re ...

Aug. 20, 2024 — Scientists have discovered why the flu vaccine can perform poorly. They found that a specific type of immune cell, called T follicular helper cells, indirectly controls the anti ...

Here’s the latest news about a global outbreak of H5N1 bird flu that started in 2020, and recently spread among cattle in U.S. states and marine mammals across the world, which health officials ...

Last spring, federal officials announced the spread of a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu — first in cattle and then in humans who had contact with infected animals. Now, a person in ...

Last week, a person in Missouri was infected with bird flu despite not having any exposure to animals. The state’s health department said the individual recovered from their illness but that a ...

June 5, 2024 More consistent testing at medical facilities also could help detection of unusual strains that epidemiologists want to track, such as bird flu. Recent human cases of H5N1 bird flu ...

One likely cause is bird flu, outbreaks of which led to the deaths of millions of chickens and turkeys from infection or ... Antiviral Treatment Is Largely Underused in Children With Influenza ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notified the public in early April that an individual in Texas had tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu.

Either of these scenarios suggests that bird flu is even more entrenched than we realized. In Colorado the disease appears particularly pervasive: more than eight million commercial chickens to ...