Over the past week, a series of developments have reaffirmed the imminent danger of an H5N1 “bird flu” pandemic, for which ...

San Mateo County public health officials reported finding H5N1 bird flu in a pet cat and a backyard poultry flock.

Newswatch 16's Kerry Kearns spoke with a doctor about bird flu and steps you can take to help prevent it. PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Cases of bird flu, or avian flu, are rising in parts of the country. The ...

For the first time since 1952, publication of the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report was halted. It returned on Feb.

Bird flu appeared in a Texas dairy farm in March 2024. Havoc has followed on farms and in grocery stores and concerns mount for human health.

When it comes to the potential of H5N1 avian flu picking up mutations that might lead to human-to-human spread, that "train has already left the station," warns 1 infectious disease expert.

As California's Central Valley makes headlines for the growing number of people testing positive for the bird flu from exposure to dairy cows, Rais Vohra, MD, professor at UC San Francisco, Fresno and ...

Greg Herbruck knew 6.5 million of his birds needed to die, and fast. But the CEO of Herbruck’s Poultry Ranch wasn’t sure how ...

In April 2024, as his first hens tested positive for the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus, Herbruck turned to the ...

Nearly 119,000 birds have been culled at a farm in California after a bird flu called H5N9 was detected among the poultry.