Researchers at Texas Biomedical Research Institute have developed a new, proof-of-concept vaccine to protect people from the bird flu strain currently circulating in the United States. The team, led ...

Studies suggest that people who had seasonal flus or vaccinations have low antibody levels against H5N1 bird flu.

Since its emergence in US dairy cattle, highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu, H5N1) has defied control, spreading to ...

Expert says H5N1 has the potential to spur a major epidemic if its circulation among poultry, cattle and humans is not ...

Human mammary glands contain sugars that avian influenza can latch onto to infect cells, researchers report August 8 at medRxiv.org. The finding, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, raises the ...

In recent years, there has been growing concern over the H5N1 influenza virus. It was first identified in birds three decades ...

When a disease-causing virus or other organism is transmitted from one species to another, most of the time the infection ...

Make public the government’s planned strategy for H5N1 communication. Government agencies should provide people with a rough schedule of when they should expect to be updated.

Oregon state and federal officials confirmed Wednesday that H5N1 bird flu was found in a pig living in Crook County — the first such swine infection reported in the current outbreak.

H5N1 bird flu virus particles found in pasteurized milk but FDA says commercial milk supply appears safe By Helen Branswell, Nicholas Florko, Megan Molteni, and Rachel Cohrs Zhang Reprints ...

H5N1 is one of the more common bird flu strains to make the jump from birds to humans. The infected birds spread the virus through their saliva, mucus and feces.

Opinion If many dairy farm workers contract H5N1, we risk a pandemic Failure to shield these workers could allow the H5N1 virus to become a greater threat.