open image in gallery A seasonal flu virus that can lead to paralysis and other dangerous conditions has been detected in California wastewater. Influenza B has been shown at a ‘high’ level in ...

The virus leads to an estimated 36,000 deaths in the United States each season — many of them so sudden that families are ...

Easy replication in cattle mammary glands means H5N1 bird flu is under no evolutionary pressure to adapt to spread easily in humans.

Bird flu infections have been rare among people, but the pathogen is evolving, which has scientists worried about a possible ...

More than 100 federal scientists who track bird flu, including vaccine and food safety experts, have been laid off. This comes as the deadly pathogen rips through dairy herds and poultry flocks.

H5N1 bird flu has now crossed into U.S. dairy cattle for the first time, and alarmingly, it did so through just one spillover ...

Fears the world is heading towards another pandemic are growing, as new data shows the spread of the deadly bird flu virus ...

388 Washingtonians died from the virus between late 2024 and early 2025, according to the Washington State Department of Health. That’s nearly three times the death count from the year before and 90 ...

Texas health and wildlife officials have detected avian flu in at least four mammal species across six counties on the High Plains.

Washington just had its deadliest flu season in over a decade. 388 Washingtonians died from the virus between late 2024 and early 2025, according to the Washington State Department of Health.