Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses like H5N1, H5N6, and H7N9 pose an evolving global threat due to their capacity to infect birds, mammals, and occasionally humans, with sporadic outbreaks and ...

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

Scientists have been keeping an eye on bird flu ever since it was first discovered ... a key benchmark for what makes a pathogen a pandemic-level threat. And numerous headlines and scientific ...

Over 40 of the world’s leading virologists have raised alarm over the increasing risk of a global H5N1 bird flu pandemic ... what could become a worldwide threat. “While the current outbreak ...

Some experts have raised alarms about the potential for another pandemic as numbers of H5N1 avian influenza infections ... of opinions on how much of a threat it is to the public at this time.

Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world The US should step up efforts to combat its year-long bird H5N1 flu outbreak and control the pandemic risk to ...

Despite the potential for a bird flu pandemic, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. seems committed to his initiative of overhauling the public health system and dismantling institutions he ...

It's spring, the birds are migrating and bird flu (H5N1) is rapidly evolving into the possibility of a human pandemic ... pet cats from the emerging threat of H5N1," said Ian Gill Bemis, co ...

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.