Bird Flu

Louisiana reported a person hospitalized with a severe case of H5N1, and the USDA has begun bulk milk testing

A new study finds tweaking part of the H5N1 virus infecting dairy cows in a single spot could allow it to better attach to human cell receptors, raising concerns it could transmit more easily between people

Last year avian influenza brought death to the picturesque island of South Georgia off Antarctica. This season scientists hope things will be different

“America’s Doctor” says that our common enemy is the danger posed by viruses, not each other.

Canada’s first human case of bird flu has left a teenager in critical condition as human infections continue to emerge in the western U.S.

Wastewater in several Californian cities, including San Francisco and Los Angeles, recently tested positive for bird flu. But understanding disease risk and exposure to humans isn’t so straightforward

Humans and pigs could both serve as mixing vessels for a bird flu–seasonal flu hybrid, posing a risk of wider spread

If the influenza virus infecting cattle workers starts a pandemic, help in the form of a vaccine is months away

We cover a 3.26-billion-year-old meteorite impact, the spread of bird flu and a scurvy case study that serves as a cautionary tale in this week’s news roundup.

Experts call for greater testing of contacts of a person who was infected with the H5N1 bird flu strain before the virus causes a wider outbreak

As bird flu spreads in cats, cows and other animals, it has more opportunity to adapt to easily infect humans

Dairy workers in Texas show signs of prior, undetected bird flu infections in a new study