Sporadic human infections with avian influenza A viruses have caused a wide spectrum of illness. As these novel influenza A viruses pose pandemic potential, timely detection and characterization of ...

When a B.C. teenager became critically ill with H5N1 avian influenza in November 2024, Canada's first human case, scientists ...

The soaring price of eggs is a ripple effect of an ongoing outbreak of avian influenza, also known as H5N1 or bird flu, which has spread from wild birds to dairy and poultry farms, infected cats, and ...

Although no human cases have been reported in the Region so far in 2026 and animal outbreaks have declined compared with the previous year, the virus continues to circulate among birds and mammals, ...

Avian influenza A(H5) is a highly contagious viral disease that primarily affects poultry and wild birds, with the ability to sporadically infect mammalian species, including humans. Since 1996, the A ...

How do we know when an animal virus might pose a risk to humans? Canada confirmed a human case of H5N1 avian influenza (often ...

More than four out of every five dead black vultures examined by University of Georgia researchers tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza, according to a new study published in ...