The first hints that a new strain of avian illness is emerging could be found on this beach on Delaware Bay, where migrating birds flock. Here’s what virus detectives who return there every year ...

The H5N1 avian influenza virus has infected birds and mammals around the world. As of June 2025, 70 people have been infected, and one person has died in the United States. A new analysis suggests ...

Migratory bird season peaks in Michigan in May. Dairy and poultry farmers worry that the birds could bring H5N1 avian influenza with them to Michigan and infect their flocks and herds. Scientists ...

A new PEARLS article in PLoS Pathogens reviews the rapid evolution and pandemic potential of emerging influenza A viruses, with a focus on H5N1. It highlights scientific advances and future ...

The first death caused by H5N1 bird flu was reported in January 2025. Some believe the virus could eventually pose a widespread risk to the public.

The H5N1 bird flu, spreading across all 50 U.S. states, raises concerns about a potential pandemic. The virus has impacted dairy farms, poultry flocks, and humans, with one confirmed human death ...

As more humans become infected by H5N1 bird flu, experts worry of a new pandemic with 70 human cases in the U.S. including 1 death. What to look for.

“The recent emergence of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus infections in dairy cows and humans in the U.S. has raised alarms regarding the potential for a pandemic,” they wrote.

Detections of H5N1 avian influenza have slowed in both animals and humans, but continued surveillance is warranted, CDC researchers said. In dairy cattle, cases surged over the fall and early ...

Virologists across the globe are raising alarms over the spread of the H5N1 avian flu virus, which is now infecting not just birds, but cattle and humans. While the U.S. Centers for Disease ...

Experts warn about the possibility of a new pandemic in 2025 as the H5N1 bird flu virus spreads across all 50 states, impacting cows at US dairy farms, leading to human infections and raising ...

Experts warn about the possibility of a new pandemic in 2025 as the H5N1 bird flu virus spreads across all 50 states, impacting US dairy farms and leading to human infections.