H5N1 bird flu can cause severe illness in humans. Experts warn it spreads from animals, not people, but can turn deadly if ...

H5N1, or bird flu, initially presents with common flu-like symptoms such as fever, cough, and fatigue, making early detection ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins have expressed interest in letting H5N1 ...

South Africa has reported the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza, or bird flu, on two poultry farms in the ...

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However, the U.S. has a small stockpile of H5N1 and H7N9 bird flu vaccines, so if an outbreak were to happen among humans, the amount of vaccines would not be enough to withstand the outbreak.

H5N1, the most common strain of bird flu, is an HPAI. Low pathogenicity avian influenza (LPAI) This type causes less serious illness in chickens and is less likely to cause death.

Avian influenza, or bird flu, is a broad term that refers to several types of influenza that normally infect birds. The bird flu that’s been making news in the United States is a virus called H5N1.

The spread of the H5N1 bird flu virus among dairy cows has worried health experts, who say it increases the risk of the virus becoming a greater threat to humans.

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.

"This is the first case of H5N1 bird flu in the U.S. that has been linked to exposure to a backyard flock." The confirmation comes weeks after the first case of bird flu was found in a child in ...

T he discovery of H5N1 bird flu in U.S. cattle — and the news that at least one person in Texas has been infected, apparently through contact with infected cows — has taken scientists who ...