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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A recent study found that live bird flu virus (H5N1) can survive in raw milk for over a week when refrigerated, and more than 24 hours at room temperature.

Here’s a breakdown of what we know about the eight new members of the CDC's vaccine advisory panel selected by health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

H5N1 bird flu is capable of spreading through the air, a new animal study from the US Centres for Disease Control (CDC) has found. H5N1 was believed to spread primarily through direct contact with ...

As of May 17, 2024, the mortality rate is close to 50% for infected humans. Timeline Early 1900s - The avian flu is first identified in Italy. 1961 - The H5N1 strain is isolated in birds in South ...

The pork industry continues seeking answers to questions involving the H5N1 virus. Dr. Lisa Becton with the Swine Health Information Center says the influenza strain remains a threat despite no ...

During the latter half of May, two highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks affecting village poultry were confirmed by the animal health authority in Cambodia. Presence of the H5N1 virus ...