Getting vaccinated significantly reduces the risk of severe complications and helps curb the spread of the virus in the community.

Two new studies, one based on households in southeast Michigan and one involving hospitalized Japanese adults, compare ...

In the study of infectious diseases, a critical and complex phenomenon is the transmission of viruses across different host species. Such events can lead to ...

Scientists were slow to recognize that Covid spreads through the air. Some are now trying to get ahead of the bird flu.

With the H5N1 avian influenza virus continuing to spread among poultry and dairy cattle, health officials are monitoring the ...

Person-to-person transmission remains rare, but Dr. David Hirschwerk provides insight into how to protect yourself from Avian ...

Agencies to offer recommendations to prepare for a possible increase in transmission of the virus to non-avian species.

July 24, 2024 — A new study provides evidence that a spillover of avian influenza from birds to dairy cattle across several U.S. states has now led to mammal-to-mammal transmission -- between ...

Bird flu is widespread in wild birds worldwide and is causing outbreaks in poultry and dairy cows with several recent human ...

This latest outbreak is part of a broader epizootic that has swept across the United States, affecting not only poultry but ...

An all Wales avian Influenza Prevention Zone has been put in place by the Welsh Government ...