Torie Bosch is the First Opinion editor at STAT. In 2024, as zoos were hit hard by H5N1 bird flu, big cats were particularly affected: tigers, lions, a cheetah, and a panther all died after being ...

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. Here's what to know.

H5N1 bird flu, prevalent in U.S. wild birds, has caused increasing outbreaks in poultry and dairy cows, leading to 70 human cases and one death since 2024. Experts are divided on the pandemic ...

Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza A virus (HPAI H5N1) remains a low risk to the general public, and public health experts in the United States believe that available treatments and vaccines, as ...

After a year of rising bird flu cases among people in the United States, researchers are keeping a watchful eye on the H5N1 virus to slow further spread. Since early 2024, the country has recorded 66 ...

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 in ...

An H5N1 bird flu mutation associated with increased infectiousness and disease severity has been found in two cats. Since the beginning of this year, more than 50 cats have been infected with H5N1 ...

A 3-year-old girl died from respiratory complications due to H5N1 bird flu in Mexico The girl had no underlying medical conditions and no history of travel The strain is the same one implicated in the ...

Reports of the bird flu were detected in April in a farm in Texas. Since then, the dominant strain — H5N1 — was later detected in the first-confirmed human case in the United States. That person has ...

The variant of bird flu that killed a Louisiana resident has now been found in dairy cows. Until now, the human cases of bird flu traced to cattle have been mild, mostly eye infections. But the U.S.

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 in ...

The bird flu continues to wreak havoc around the world, and now experts are warning of more infections spreading between states and species. The disease has led to the deaths of over 400,000 chickens ...