It’s crucial that we monitor bird flu strains to help us prepare for potential outbreaks," said virologist Matt Turnbull.

A study uncovers the viral gene that lets bird flu beat fever, reshaping surveillance strategies as H5N1 continues to spread.

The first human to have ever been infected with H5N5 strain of bird flu has died, Washington state health officials confirmed ...

A Washington resident has been hospitalized with bird flu, according to the Washington State Health Department, and they’re infected with a strain of the virus that hasn’t been seen in humans before.

The United States has reported its first human death caused by the H5N5 bird flu strain. Learn what this development means ...

The person, who had been hospitalized in King County since early November, died on Nov. 21, health officials said.

A resident of Washington state has died after contracting a rare strain of bird flu previously only reported in animals, ...

Researchers discovered why bird flu can survive temperatures that stop human flu in its tracks. A key gene, PB1, gives avian viruses the ability to replicate even at fever-level heat. Mice experiments ...

While it remains seasonal in poultry, the disease is spreading in dairy cows and infecting hundreds of other ...

According to a new study, an evolutionary shift around 2020 helped the bird flu virus adapt better to wild birds.

A Washington state resident has tested positive for bird flu, marking the first human case in the U.S. in nine months, and with a strain only seen in animals before.

The country's first-ever H5N5 bird flu case has been confirmed in Washington state, where a resident is hospitalized with a ...