The H5N1 avian influenza virus, or bird flu, has reached alarming levels globally, and Canada is on high alert. H5N1 is known for infecting hundreds of bird species and dozens of mammals.

The flu sickens millions of people in the U.S. every year, and the past year has been particularly tough. Although infections are trending downward, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Australia’s chief medical officer Anthony Lawler said last year children aged under nine had the highest flu notification rates, but had a low vaccine uptake. “We’re seeing rates of flu ...

The disease, commonly called bird flu, has spread around the globe in the past years, leading to the culling of hundreds of millions of poultry. The outbreak, detected in February on a farm in the ...

Washington just had its deadliest flu season in over a decade. 388 Washingtonians died from the virus between late 2024 and early 2025, according to the Washington State Department of Health.

A health worker takes a sample from a hen to test for bird flu in Noida. (Sunil Ghosh/ HT File Photo) The joint assessment of recent influenza A(H5) virus events in animals and people is based on ...

As spring weather sets in, fears of a bird flu pandemic have not materialized, and there is less cause for worry than there was in the winter. Experts say the short-term risk of a pandemic is low ...

Now that avian flu is in local wild birds, there may be more birds that farmers need to be aware of. The way H5N1 may get into a poultry house is probably changing, and so farmers are having to ...

During the 2009 edition of Strictly – the seventh season, eventually won by journalist and TV reporter Chris Hollins – host Sir Bruce Forsyth was missing after coming down with the flu.

A vaccine under development at the University at Buffalo has demonstrated complete protection in mice against a deadly variant of the virus that causes bird flu. In the study, scientists describe ...

say public ignorance and apathy towards bird flu (highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI) could pose a serious obstacle to containing the virus and preventing a larger-scale public health crisis.