By the time the 13-year-old arrived at the main children’s hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, in early November, a bird flu infection had robbed her ability to breathe. Pneumonia shrouded her left lung.

A goose found dead at Billington Sea is being treated as a case of bird flu, the town of Plymouth, Massachusetts, confirmed Sunday.

When the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) transitions its leadership with Donald Trump’s return to the presidency, a thorough dialogue concerning vaccination for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) can be expected, a former USDA Under Secretary Hunt Shipman said.

The first human death from bird flu in the United States has intensified calls for the government to ramp up efforts to stave off the threat of another pandemic -- particularly ahead of Donald ... who contracted avian influenza after being exposed to ...

US health officials announced Friday they were awarding $590 million to Moderna to develop mRNA vaccines against influenza, including advancing the company's bird flu vaccine, as fears of a new pandemic grow.

The case in Louisiana is the first human death from bird flu in the U.S. during this current outbreak, but there was a death in Mexico back in May 2024 in a patient with no known exposure to farm animals. The case, much like the patient in Louisiana, was in a person with other underlying conditions, though it’s not clear what those may have been.

Ahead of Donald Trump starting his second presidential term on Monday, various professionals shared how his presidency could affect Greater Akron.

Due to ongoing sporadic H5N1 avian flu infections and brisk levels of seasonal flu activity, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today urged healthcare providers to subtype all influenza A specimens in hospitalized patients, especially those in the intensive care unit (ICU), as soon as possible.

Nationally, this avian flu sickened at least 66 people in 2024, mostly dairy farmworkers who came in contact with diseased animals and contaminated milk. Most cases have been mild, but two infections late last year were more severe and more concerning.

We sent them all of the information on our work,” a Biden health official told NBC News. Public health officials raise concern that a lack of coordination could imperil the response to the emerging H5N1 threat.

Four years from now, what might we be saying about what we just lived through? The possibilities seem endless.