Since 1959 the avian flu virus H5N1 has been popping up around the globe. Now scientists believe it could spark the next pandemic. Along the untamed coast of southern Victoria, where thyme rice ...

Existing flu antivirals may not work well against H5N1; avoiding raw milk and reducing dairy worker exposure may be the best ways to prevent infection. Scientists found that frequently used flu ...

The H5N1 strain of bird flu has the "potential to become a pandemic", according to an expert at the UK Health Security Agency. Richard Pebody, director of epidemic and emerging infections at UKHSA ...

Bird Flu News: After battling the deadly pandemic-causing COVID-19 virus for over 5 years, the United States is now grappling with the highly transmissible H5N1 virus or bird flu virus.

A Stearns County dairy farm is under quarantine for bird flu after milk testing found H5N1 last week, state officials announced. It’s the first reported dairy cow infection in Minnesota since ...

Katy is Managing Editor at IFLScience where she oversees editorial content from News articles to Features, and even occasionally writes some. A single sheep on a Yorkshire farm has tested positive ...

Recent animal outbreaks from a subtype called H5N1 have been especially troubling to scientists. Although human infections from H5N1 have been relatively rare, there have been a little more than ...

Public officials said the H5N1 bird flu virus has been detected at four dairy farms in San Bernardino County. The risk of H5N1 infection remains “relatively low,” and no person-to-person ...

A three-and-a-half-year-old boy from Kratie province in northeastern Cambodia has died from H5N1 avian influenza, according to the country's Ministry of Health. This marks the third human death ...

Here’s what you need to know about the status of the H5N1 avian flu outbreak in the U.S., and what it means for you. It appears to be, for now. Farmers have only had to destroy two million birds ...