Just five years after the coronavirus pandemic struck, another animal-borne disease is mutating and spreading across borders ...

Although the avian flu (H5N1) virus may not be making the news as frequently, it is still working hard behind the scenes, ...

New versions of the H5N1 virus are increasingly adept at spreading. Suggestions to either let it rip in poultry or vaccinate the birds could backfire.

Global health updates include countries implementing restrictions on Brazilian chicken imports due to bird flu, experimental ...

The CDC ends its emergency response to H5N1 bird flu after recording 70 human cases and one death nationally, even as experts ...

Doctors and researchers said the moves will make it harder to detect potentially dangerous changes. If the virus continues to ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ended its emergency response for bird flu as the outbreak that sickened ...

South Africa is enhancing its role in global pandemic preparedness through a new phase of its genomic surveillance project, in collaboration with Germany and the EU, aimed at improving responses to ...

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

New research uses bird droppings to track avian flu in remote regions, revealing hidden hotspots and potential for early outbreak detection.

Antibiotics are one of the greatest triumphs in the history of medical science—but these lifesaving tools have a dark side. Their persistent use can produce "superbugs"—drug-resistant microbes that ...