become the nation’s first bird flu fatality. Genome sequencing of samples collected from that patient also revealed concerning changes to the virus that likely helped it break into human cells.

A California duck farm made headlines this week after the World Organization of Animal Health published a report by U.S. authorities that a strain of bird flu that scientists call H5N9 had been ...

Safety is often overlooked in the rush to bring humanoid robots to the workplace. As high-profile corporations ranging from retailers like Amazon to carmakers such as Mercedes and BMW have ...

the USDA is monitoring animal infections and the CDC is monitoring human infections. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources on Jan. 22 confirmed bird flu as the cause of death in waterfowl in ...

Thousands of new bird flu cases have emerged in recent months among New York flocks, including in parks and even backyard coops. The spread set off a fresh round of public health alerts among ...

The bird flu outbreak raised alarms in late March following reports of one human case and infections in dairy cows in Texas and Kansas. While the public health risk still remains low today due ...

Experts are particularly wary of the virus spreading to pigs, which can act as hosts for both human and avian flu strains. Bird flu is a global challenge that has already resulted in the culling ...

Symptoms of bird flu can come on “very quickly” and have the potential to develop into more “severe” complications, the NHS has warned. It comes as the first human case in years has been ...