Background: Accurate estimation of the case-fatality (CF) rate, or the proportion of cases that die, is central to pandemic planning. While estimates of CF rates for past influenza pandemics have ...

The effort to monitor and protect the population is ongoing. Experts stunned as animal colony on remote island rebounds from ...

The Health and Human Services Department under Kennedy took unprecedented steps to change how vaccines are evaluated, ...

Since 2022, the H5N1 strain of bird flu has been detected in all 50 states, leading to more than 1,700 recorded outbreaks affecting nearly 175 million birds.

The more than century-old farm — the last duck farm remaining in a New York region once synonymous with the culinary delicacy — is cautiously rebuilding.

H5N1 is also vexing American cattle farmers after the virus jumped from fowl to cattle last year. “Something has changed in the virus’ makeup that has made it more virulent,” Hitchener said.

2020 saw the start of two global pandemics. Covid-19, of course, but also H5N1 bird flu, which has since swept around the world leaving millions of dead wild birds in its wake. It has reached ...

Bird flu continues to make headlines – this time, as it pertains to raw milk. A recent lab study found that H5N1, a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, can survive in raw milk for quite ...

Según la investigación, el virus H5N1 mutó y se adaptó a los mamíferos marinos en Chile, propagándose rápidamente desde Perú y Chile a Argentina, Uruguay y Brasil.

H5N1 bird flu is capable of spreading through the air, a new animal study from the US Centres for Disease Control (CDC) has found. H5N1 was believed to spread primarily through direct contact with ...

The pork industry continues seeking answers to questions involving the H5N1 virus. Dr. Lisa Becton with the Swine Health Information Center says the influenza strain remains a threat despite no ...

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck northern Chile on Friday, causing minor infrastructure damage and cutting power to over 20,000 people. Authorities have not reported any ...