Bird flu cases are still rising in the U.S. as the virus continues to devastate poultry farms. More than 145 million chickens ...

Until last week, all bird flu in dairy herds had been identified as the B3.13 variant, which was believed to have come from ...

"This type of prevention can be very useful in controlling infection outbreaks and containing the bird flu pandemic," said an ...

"The Chinese poultry lineage may have experienced more vaccine-driven selection compared to other lineages," the researchers ...

The progression of the species-jumping disease has been unprecedented, including the first-ever U.S. cases of infections in ...

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there have been 67 confirmed human cases of H5N1 bird flu ...

In this new study, the researchers wondered if that might be the case with H5 subtypes of the avian influenza virus—most specifically, H5N1 and H5N6. Both types are currently infecting birds ...

But what is the virus and why has it created such urgency among governments worldwide? See our factfile below to find out: Also known as avian influenza, bird flu is an infectious disease of birds ...

As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains, bird flu is a disease caused by the influenza A virus. At the same time, recent CDC data shows that seasonal influenza A is rising ...

A study published in Scientific Advances examines how mass vaccination of poultry against H5 subtypes of avian influenza virus (AIV) — including H5N1 and H5N6 — may help to slow the spread of avian ...