The first fatal case of H5N1 bird flu on the north American continent has been reported in Alberta, ... who had recently returned from a trip to Beijing and had been otherwise completely healthy, ...

BEIJING -- Chinese officials have begun inspections of slaughterhouses and poultry farms in the Beijing area after a teenage girl living in the capital died of bird flu, state media reported ...

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Bird flu, also known as H5N1, has been around for decades. But the discovery in 2024 that the virus spread from wild birds to cows came as a surprise to public health experts, according to officials .

USDA milk testing shows different strain of H5N1 bird flu in Nevada dairy herds. But alone, they dismiss an outsized advantage we possess over bird flu — one that is greater, arguably, than our ...

A Chinese laboratory says that a deadly strain of bird flu has been found in pigs, expanding the number of species that can be infected with the disease.

H5N1 viruses have circulated in birds for many years, but a new version—clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 virus—emerged more recently and has since spread among cattle.

Cases of H5N1 bird flu in U.S. dairy and poultry workers have largely been mild. But a new case in a British Columbia teenager has experts worried.