Raw cheese made with milk from dairy cattle infected with bird flu can harbor infectious virus for months and may be a risk ...

Christmas festivities in Hartselle ... only 41 percent of both adults and kids had received a flu shot. The flu is not the only virus driving respiratory illness activity rates.

The detection of bird flu in a sheep is another sign that the H5N1 virus is adapting to hop to new hosts ...

An ongoing outbreak of H5N1 bird flu virus has been spreading in dairy cow herds across state lines since March 2024. Yet, despite its deadliness for poultry, foxes, mink, cats and even whales ...

But if the virus gains certain mutations, scientists fear it could trigger another pandemic. This prospect has propelled research into whether our defenses built up from past flu seasons can offer ...