A 3-year-old girl from Durango, Mexico, has died from H5N1 Bird Flu, according to the World Health Organization. The child ...

Torie Bosch is the First Opinion editor at STAT. In 2024, as zoos were hit hard by H5N1 bird flu, big cats were particularly affected: tigers, lions, a cheetah, and a panther all died after being ...

This suggested a staggering mortality rate, around 50 percent — a warning of H5N1’s deadly potential. The vast majority of infections and deaths were before 2020. But a few years of quiet ...

There have been 61 reported human cases of the avian influenza strain known as H5N1 since April 2024, per the CDC. The individual from Louisiana who contracted the severe case has been hospitalized.

The result? Pseudoscience that’s not just harming human health. It’s killing animals, too, specifically via H5N1 bird flu. Holistic pet health influencers, organic farmers, and alternative ...

“This is how pandemics start.” This bird flu, which scientists call highly pathogenic avian influenza, or H5N1, is already at panzootic—animal pandemic—status, killing birds in every ...

USDA Focuses On Biosecurity For Poultry Operations Rollins said biosecurity in poultry flocks will continue to be a major part of the Trump administration’s plan to address H5N1, moving forward.

Even though the official tally of human cases in the U.S. is most certainly an undercount, there's still no evidence this strain of H5N1 has spread widely among us. But if the virus gains certain ...

(WXYZ) — In today’s Health Alert, the spread of H5N1 bird flu has reached an unprecedented level, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture ...

The H5N1 bird flu has spilled over to a sheep for the first time, infecting a domesticated ruminant in the United Kingdom much like it did US dairy cows, according to UK officials. The single ...