HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins have expressed interest in letting H5N1 ...

The virus has not yet evolved to spread efficiently between people. Excellent vaccine technology exists, but the government ...

The CDC says the risk to the average American from bird flu remains low, but it's higher for people who work with animals on farms, at zoos and other animal facilities.

Both bird flu and most cases of seasonal flu now circulating are considered type A flu. ... CDC expects more than 200,000 people will be infected by the end of the season.

The strain of bird flu that infected a Michigan dairy farmworker is capable of airborne transmission, amping up concerns about its potential to spark a new pandemic, according to a research letter ...

The U.S’s biggest dairy-producing state is being squeezed by the recent outbreak of bird flu, which also affects cattle—and ...

Both swine and avian influenza are strains of influenza A. Just as swine flu strains tend to infect pigs, avian flu strains ...

South Africa is grappling with a resurgence of the H5N1 bird flu, following outbreaks on poultry farms in Tswaing and Mkhondo ...

A CDC representative told the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices that measles cases have hit a 'plateau' in the U.S ...

Bird flu is spreading on farms and infecting people. If the current response to the virus is a trial run in pandemic ...