The first fatal case of H5N1 bird flu on the north American continent has been reported in Alberta, ... who had recently returned from a trip to Beijing and had been otherwise completely healthy, ...

BEIJING -- Chinese officials have begun inspections of slaughterhouses and poultry farms in the Beijing area after a teenage girl living in the capital died of bird flu, state media reported ...

A 19-year-old woman has died of the H5N1 bird flu virus in Beijing, the Beijing Municipal Bureau and Hong Kong's government said on Tuesday. "The woman fell ill on Dec. 24, was hospitalised on Dec ...

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Experts urge U.S. to prepare for possible new pandemic as H5N1 bird flu outbreak spreads with dairy animal and human cases. Here's what to know.

USDA milk testing shows different strain of H5N1 bird flu in Nevada dairy herds. But alone, they dismiss an outsized advantage we possess over bird flu — one that is greater, arguably, than our ...

A Chinese laboratory says that a deadly strain of bird flu has been found in pigs, expanding the number of species that can be infected with the disease.

Bird flu, also known as H5N1, has been around for decades. But the discovery in 2024 that the virus spread from wild birds to cows came as a surprise to public health experts, according to officials .

H5N1 viruses have circulated in birds for many years, but a new version—clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 virus—emerged more recently and has since spread among cattle.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza, sometimes called bird flu, has been confirmed in alpacas for the first time, according to the US Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services ...