The CDC's latest estimate slightly increased the risk the H5N1 bird flu virus could trigger a pandemic — but the agency still says the risk to the general public is low.

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 ...

Bird Flu Mutation: Risk of New Pandemic Explained. Story by Peter Aitken • 1w. T he Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that while the risk of human to human transmission remains ...

Will avian influenza be the next human pandemic, ... for H5N1 has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for people 18 through 64 years who are at increased risk of exposure, ...

Among the world's top influenza experts, there's no consensus on bird flu pandemic risk, but all agree unchecked circulation in dairy cattle is unwise. Skip to Main Content.

Bird flu could become a "serious problem" next year and risks becoming a pandemic, an expert has warned.. Conor Meehan, of Nottingham Trent University, said that a single mutation of the virus ...

While bird flu’s risk to the general public remains low, there are many “barriers to success” that make containing the virus — and staving off a possible pandemic — somewhat tricky for ...

New research uses bird droppings to track avian flu in remote regions, revealing hidden hotspots and potential for early ...

With reports of the first human death from bird flu in the US, some Americans are feeling an uncomfortable flashback to the early days of Covid-19, when infectious disease experts were talking ...

The risk of a bird flu pandemic is rising Human cases in the US are on the rise and the virus is turning up in cows and dairy products. Luckily, we have some vaccines ready to go if needed.

As avian influenza sweeps the nation — infecting more than 58.3 million poultry and 6,192 wild birds in the U.S. as of Wednesday, per the CDC — infectious disease experts are watching closely ...

Currently, the CDC and U.S. federal government have no vaccine for the H5N1 bird flu, but some are in development, including one from Moderna. How Likely Is It that Bird Flu Will Turn into a Pandemic?