Highly pathogenic avian influenza, HPAI, or “bird flu,” cases are popping up, so here are some expert facts about the viral ...

At the start of 2025, health officials in Louisiana reported the first U.S. bird flu death and experts questioned whether highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) could lead to the next pandemic. A ...

Researchers discovered why bird flu can survive temperatures that stop human flu in its tracks. A key gene, PB1, gives avian viruses the ability to replicate even at fever-level heat. Mice experiments ...

Bird flu, or H5N1, has touched most of the globe, but there is one spot it hasn't reached. Researchers down under are preparing for it, but gaps in bird flu surveillance elsewhere makes it difficult.

A SPIKE IN WILD BIRD FLU CASES IS BEING RESEARCHED BY THE STATE’S VETERINARY AUTHORITY. KCCI’S. PEPPER PURPURA INVESTIGATES WHY RESEARCHERS SAY BALD EAGLES COULD BE CRITICAL TO UNDERSTANDING THIS ...

Kentucky Department of Agriculture officials have quarantined and euthanized a backyard poultry flock in Jessamine County after a bird tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza. Commonly ...