As the World Health Organization calls the current outbreak a “significant public health concern,” here’s everything to know about the bird flu and whether humans are at risk.

H5 — one family of bird flu viruses — has nine subtypes, including H5N1, which is the strain responsible for the current outbreak. The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you ...

Are eggs safe to eat amid the current avian flu outbreak? ... In early January 2025, a person in Louisiana who was hospitalized with severe respiratory symptoms died, ...

From the outset of the Trump administration, bird flu, or H5N1 avian influenza, has flown rather conspicuously — and in fact ...

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