Elsewhere in Asia, South Korea is experiencing a sharp spike in new infections, while new cases are also reported in poultry ...

Researchers at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have identified a few instances of asymptomatic human infection with avian influenza A (H5N1) virus. Widespread in wild birds ...

At the start of 2025, health officials in Louisiana reported the first U.S. bird flu death and experts questioned whether ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Headlines about avian influenza and its spread to other animals concern me. How worried should I be about the bird flu spreading to humans? ANSWER: Avian influenza remains a concern ...

Researchers discovered why bird flu can survive temperatures that stop human flu in its tracks. A key gene, PB1, gives avian viruses the ability to replicate even at fever-level heat. Mice experiments ...

The risk of bird flu to humans is low, but eating undercooked eggs or chicken could increase your chances of exposure to ...