A cluster of deaths linked to a mysterious illness in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could be the result of a poisoning ...

A yet-unidentified illness has killed 53 people and potentially infected hundreds more in the Democratic Republic of the ...

H5N9 has the potential to be more virulent for birds and other farm animals, but it is important to know that it does not pose any greater risk to humans, says Rais Vohra, MD, professor at UC San ...

Amidst growing fears of human-to-human transmission, “bird flu” is no longer just a grocery store problem — it’s exposing instability in our new administration’s approach to public health. So, how can ...

In late January, U.S. health officials announced that a new strain of avian flu, H5N9, was discovered on a duck farm in Merced County, California. They quarantined the farm and destroyed nearly ...

The Department of Agriculture is trying to re-hire several employees it accidentally fired over the weekend who were working on the US response to bird flu.

However, the cuts come after a new strain of "highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N9" was confirmed at a duck farm in California last month, the first time the bird flu variant has been ...

Less than half of people experiencing homelessness regularly used illicit drugs in the prior six months. The most common drugs used by this population aren’t opioids but methamphetamines. And a ...

Read More: What to Know About the H5N9 Bird Flu Dr. Alexia Harrist, the state health officer and state epidemiologist, said Wyoming residents shouldn't have “a high level of concern” about the ...