H5N1 is a highly contagious strain of avian influenza A that primarily affects birds. It has circulated for years, but a more ...

In a new report, the Global Virus Network (GVN) has urged governments to boost surveillance, strengthen farm safety measures, ...

Experts urge US to prepare for possible new pandemic as new H5N1 bird flu outbreak spreads to dairy animals, human infections ...

H5N1 is a specific strain of influenza A virus, also known as bird flu. The avian flu is a highly contagious respiratory disease that primarily affects birds, but can also infect other animals ...

Virologists across the globe are raising alarms over the spread of the H5N1 avian flu virus, which is now infecting not just birds, but cattle and humans. While the U.S. Centers for Disease ...

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

H5N1 avian flu has impacted a significant number of poultry, according to the California Department of Food and Agriculture. According to the latest department report, around 23 million infected ...

The US Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday that it aims to accomplish within four years a scientific feat ...

Bird flu is continuing to spread in animals across the United States more than a year after the first human case was detected ...

H5N1 is a specific strain of influenza A virus, also known as bird flu. The avian flu is a highly contagious respiratory disease that primarily affects birds, but can also infect other animals ...