CDC unveils dashboard to track bird flu as virus spreads among dairy farms On Tuesday, the agency released a variety of data, including information on wastewater sampling sites that have tested ...

Rising H5N1 bird flu cases in the U.S. prompted the CDC to study the virus in ferrets, revealing it may have the potential to ...

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

Since the start of this outbreak of bird flu in January 2022, more than 82 million poultry in 48 states have been affected, according to the CDC.Cases were also detected in 9,253 wild birds ...

Corresponding CDC documents summarizing the cat study and another as-yet unpublished bird flu analysis said the reports were scheduled to be published Jan. 23. These were reviewed by KFF Health News.

As cases of H5N1, also known as avian flu or bird flu, continue to surface across the U.S., safety precautions are ramping up. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced ...

The CDC's latest estimate slightly increased the risk the H5N1 bird flu virus could trigger a pandemic — but the agency still says the risk to the general public is low.

As bird flu continues to spread among cattle in the U.S., the CDC and WebMD joined forces on Thursday to present a live-streamed briefing on the status of the outbreak.

A CDC A(H5N1) Bird Flu Response spokesperson said: "We are seeing more H5 bird flu in wild birds worldwide resulting in outbreaks in other animals, including U.S. dairy cows, ...

One person in the country has died from H5N1 bird flu, and 70 cases have been confirmed, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC said there is no known person-to ...

The World Health Organization does so for its bird flu tests, and with that information in hand, Pinsky’s lab has developed an H5 bird flu test suited to the strain circulating this year in the U.S.