Health experts told Newsweek about the threats posed by the viruses and shared the best ways to protect oneself.

The virus has spread among dairy cattle, humans and other mammals. But officials say the current public health risk is low.

The CDC just confirmed the first US-based severe human case of bird flu in Louisiana. Currently hospitalized, the patient was ...

A patient in Louisiana has died of bird flu. Health authorities considered the case to be the first severe H5N1 infection in ...

“The risk to members of the general public who do not have exposure to infected ... Experts say it’s unlikely this specific ...

Doctors say the case of a teen left in critical condition shows H5N1 "can cause severe human illness." Mutations in the virus are deepening concerns about the spread of H5N1.

Though H5N1 has been circulating nationwide in wild birds, domestic poultry, and mammals since 2022, you may have only been ...

The first person has died of bird flu in the United States, the Louisiana Department of Health confirmed on Monday. The patient, who was exposed to non-commercial backyard flock and wild birds, was ...

A man in Louisiana has been hospitalized due to a severe case of bird flu H5N1 ... avian influenza A viruses generally do not cause infections in humans, isolated cases of human infections ...

President-elect Donald Trump must contend with the H5N1 bird flu virus circulating among livestock, which experts fear could ...

A global outbreak of avian flu has reached Arizona, affecting animals and humans. Officials say the public health risk ...