A beloved seal at the Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford, Massachusetts, died of bird flu, zoo officials said. Laboratory testing confirmed that Blue, a 21-year-old harbor seal, died of ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday it has ended its emergency response for H5N1 bird flu, ...

New versions of the H5N1 virus are increasingly adept at spreading. Suggestions to either let it rip in poultry or vaccinate the birds could backfire.

If we don’t invest in technologies like mRNA vaccines for pandemic influenza now, once a virus starts going human-to-human, ...

Bird flu continues to affect animal species everywhere, including a Chilean flamingo and a harbor seal at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. Both animals died of the avian flu last week, and many ...

OPINION Canceling Moderna’s bird flu contract could be Robert Kennedy’s most reckless act yet The federal government should be investing and working to expand the nation’s scientific and ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has expressed deep skepticism regarding mRNA vaccines, despite real-world evidence that the vaccines are safe and saved millions of lives.

Avian influenza, also called avian flu or bird flu, is an illness that usually affects only birds.

Bird flu is decimating wildlife around the world and is now spreading in cows. In the handful of human cases seen so far it has been extremely deadly.

Over the past three years, bird flu — caused by the avian influenza A (H5N1) virus — has extended its reach around the U.S. and across many species. The virus arrived in wild birds, but it has now ...

The Buttonwood Park Zoo is mourning the loss of Blue, a harbor seal that died from the bird flu earlier this month.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ended its emergency response for bird flu as the outbreak that sickened ...