Instead of culling birds infected with the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus, farmers should just let it spread through flocks!

Background: Accurate estimation of the case-fatality (CF) rate, or the proportion of cases that die, is central to pandemic planning. While estimates of CF rates for past influenza pandemics have ...

The Department of Health and Human Services under Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has taken unprecedented steps to change how vaccines ...

The H5N1 avian influenza virus has infected birds and mammals around the world. As of June 2025, 70 people have been infected, and one person has died in the United States. A new analysis suggests ...

Israel on Saturday struck sites in southwestern Iran that would most likely be on any potential flight path used by U.S. warplanes on the way to attack a key Iranian nuclear facility.

Meanwhile, the war became existential in 2022 when Moscow launched a full-scale invasion. Now, in 2025, Trump’s support for Ukraine is waning. Aid packages are delayed or reduced.

Viruses 2025, 17, 855 20 June, 2025 Domestic cats have traditionally been overlooked as potential hosts for influenza A viruses (IAVs). However, the global dissemination of highly pathogenic avian ...

Sam Stein, Andrew Egger, and Sonny Bunch dig into the viral story about Pentagon pizza orders and whether Google Maps is accidentally revealing military secrets. Is the slice to strike pipeline real ...

2020 saw the start of two global pandemics. Covid-19, of course, but also H5N1 bird flu, which has since swept around the world leaving millions of dead wild birds in its wake. It has reached ...

If Israel started a war, he added, “that would blow it.” Only in the past few days has Mr. Trump waffled. He has the right to change his mind, of course.