H5N1 avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, has long ceased to be just a problem for birds. Since its arrival in the United States in 2014, the virus has aggressively expanded its territory, ...

Clare Howard was one of the first people to be vaccinated against the bird flu strain The first volunteers in the UK have been immunised with a vaccine to protect against a potential bird flu pandemic ...

Virologists and public health specialists have warned about the pandemic threat for years. H5N1, a problem in chickens for decades, first infected humans in 1997, in an outbreak in Hong Kong. Eighteen ...

Former WHO chief scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan has warned a future pandemic could be 'much worse than coronavirus'.

Are seasonal flu antibodies also effective against avian flu? A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has shown that a specific type of antibody associated with the former virus—already present ...

Experts warn that while the virus is "evolving and spreading" rapidly among animals, and does not yet easily transmit between people, the potential for human-to-human transmission must be treated "as ...

While the disease primarily affects birds, health experts say certain strains of the virus, especially H5N1, can occasionally infect humans and cause severe illness.

Bird flu has flown off the national news radar, with only scattered, local reports of dead birds in parks and poultry farms. Is it simply no longer a concern, or have cuts to federal science funding ...

The next pandemic is not a question of if – it is a question of when. Science has better tools now: faster sequencing, ...

Infectious disease experts reveal which viruses they’re keeping an eye on in 2026 - and which could be poised to spark infections or even outbreaks WITH every new year comes new viral threats – and ...