Ohio Department of Natural Resources wildlife officers remove 72 dead vultures from a Pierce Township elementary school on Dec. 5, 2025. Preliminary lab reports indicate bird flu is to blame for a ...

At the start of 2025, health officials in Louisiana reported the first U.S. bird flu death and experts questioned whether highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) could lead to the next pandemic. A ...

Researchers discovered why bird flu can survive temperatures that stop human flu in its tracks. A key gene, PB1, gives avian viruses the ability to replicate even at fever-level heat. Mice experiments ...

Officials confirmed Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in a Jessamine County flock. Authorities quarantined and began depopulation and a 10-kilometer surveillance zone. Officials urge biosecurity for ...