A 2023 avian flu outbreak decimated a Caspian tern colony on Rat Island and spread to harbor seals, posing a new threat to local wildlife. A 2023 epidemiological study revealed that 56% of a large ...

No FDA-approved rapid tests exist that specifically test for H5N1, and the first near-point-of-care test for mpox was ...

There have been dozens of confirmed human cases of bird flu in the U.S. this year. Experts discuss the symptoms, risks and ...

People have been hearing a lot about H5N1 bird flu — or highly pathogenic avian influenza — since a B.C. teen became the ...

British Columbia health officials have yet to identify a likely source of the infection, though none of the teen's contacts ...

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has also been testing milk for signs of H5N1 in dairy cows. Canada has had no ...

The situation is “horrifying,” said Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University. “The idea that we ...

A teenager in Canada is critically ill with the country's first human case of H5N1 bird flu. Health officials aren't sure how ...

Smith: Since 2022, the U.S. poultry industry has been battling a particularly persistent strain of H5N1, or avian influenza, ...

The sounds of barking elephant seals are again in the air along the breeding grounds of Península Valdés, Argentina—but it's ...

Health Canada has authorized three influenza vaccines that could be used if bird flu became a pandemic, the agency says.

State health officials are investigating possible sources of the H5 avian influenza virus detected for the first time in a wastewater sample from Oahu, but reassure residents that public risk remains ...