Scientists and regulators are racing to understand how a deadly bird flu strain is behaving now that it has reached cattle in ...

Dairy workers across the United States face a growing occupational health risk as the number of confirmed human bird flu ...

Just 10 viral particles of the H5N1 bird flu that caused hundreds of influenza outbreaks in U.S. dairy cattle can cause infection in cows, a new study shows. The research also hints at why the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Vaccinating dairy cattle against bird flu would prevent spillover into humans, experts said. The H5N1 outbreak ...

When H5N1 bird flu first began infecting U.S. cattle in early 2024, diagnosis was elusive because, in cows, the disease looked completely different. Instead of affecting the lungs, as H5N1 does in ...

Researchers uncovered why H5N1 bird flu attacks cows’ udders instead of their lungs: the virus’s preferred receptors are concentrated in mammary tissue. The breakthrough could help scientists predict ...

The patient has recovered and the risk to the public remains low, according to health officials who announced the case. A Michigan dairy worker has been diagnosed with bird flu — the second human case ...

Australia was the only continent free of H5N1 bird flu, until last week when a brown skua was found in Cape Le Grand National Park in Western Australia, about 700km from Perth, with the virus. Within ...