The case of the Canadian teen and the death of a Louisiana man are stark reminders of bird flu’s capacity to ignite serious illness.
The Department of Health and Human Services has granted millions of dollars to Moderna to speed up bird flu vaccine development.
Trump’s decision is shortsighted and put the rest of the world is put at greater risk, say public health scholars
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.
The CDC has revealed the red flags it is monitoring for that suggest that bird flu was about to become the world's next pandemic.
Crack up: Egg prices are skyrocketing, and it’s pushed some Chicagoans to hunt for deals. The Sun-Times visited 14 stores in various neighborhoods, from Big Oaks to Edgewater, Morgan Park to Midway, Bucktown and Austin, to see what consumers were paying.
Sharply rising egg prices across the United States blamed the ongoing H5N1 avian influenza outbreak are mostly being passed along to consumers by grocers and restaurateurs, but some are holding back.
As of January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump (R) had signed 26 executive orders, four proclamations, and 11 memoranda in his second presidential term, which began on January 20, 2025. Each type of presidential document is different in authority and ...
Donald Trump has withdrawn the United States from the World Health Organization. Experts say it will be a lose-lose for the US and global health.
Bird flu has been detected in a Georgia commercial poultry flock for the first time since a countrywide outbreak in 2022.
The first human death from bird flu in the United States occurred on January 6 in a Louisiana hospital, less than three weeks before the second Donald Trump administration's inauguration. Bird flu, also known as Avian influenza or H5N1,
The exit will cut a huge chunk from the World Health Organization’s budget, but the short-term financial gain for the US could come at the cost of disease outbreaks flaring up across the world.