H5N1 Bird Flu

Health Sarah Owermohle

Farmers resist push for workers to wear protective gear against bird flu virus

The Readout LOUD Allison DeAngelis and Adam Feuerstein

Listen: Everything you need to know about H5N1 bird flu

Health Helen Branswell

Bird flu keeps rewriting the textbooks. It’s why scientists are unsettled by the U.S. dairy cattle outbreak

First Opinion Sara Gorman, Scott C. Ratzan, and Kenneth H. Rabin

H5N1 communication has been strictly for the birds. Didn’t the federal government learn anything from Covid?

Health Megan Molteni

Large amount of bird flu virus in milk suggests asymptomatic cows are infected with H5N1

First Opinion Shweta Bansal and Colleen Webb

As livestock move around the country, so does H5N1. The U.S. needs real-time tracking of livestock movements

Health Helen Branswell

WHO’s top scientist learned a hard lesson about H5N1 two decades ago: Stopping it takes more than biology

Health Helen Branswell

Study of cow tissues provides clues for unusual pattern of bird flu infections in dairy cattle

Health Helen Branswell

Texas dairy farm worker’s case may be first where bird flu virus spread from mammal to human, scientists say

Health Helen Branswell

CDC’s top flu scientist says the risk to the public from H5N1 is low, but she isn’t sleeping well. Here’s why

Health Megan Molteni

Bird flu virus circulated in cows for four months before outbreak confirmed by USDA, analysis shows

Politics Sarah Owermohle

STAT Plus: Republicans, concerned about dairy industry, urge calm about H5N1 bird flu

Health Helen Branswell

Tracking bird flu virus changes in cows is stymied by missing data, scientists say

First Opinion Denis Nash, John Dennehy, Monica Trujillo, and Leopolda Silvera

From sewage to safety: Hospital wastewater surveillance as a beacon for defense against H5N1 bird flu

Health Megan Molteni

Pasteurization inactivates H5N1 bird flu in milk, new FDA and academic studies confirm

Health Helen Branswell and Megan Molteni

What we’re starting to learn about H5N1 in cows, and the risk to people

Health Helen Branswell

There’s never a good time to drink raw milk. But now’s a really bad time as bird flu infects cows

Health Megan Molteni

Cattle testing for H5N1 bird flu will be more limited than USDA initially announced

Exclusive Megan Molteni

Early tests of H5N1 prevalence in milk suggest U.S. bird flu outbreak in cows is widespread

D.C. Diagnosis Rachel Cohrs Zhang

STAT Plus: Washington kicks into gear on H5N1

Health Alex Hogan

Watch: What we know about traces of H5N1 bird flu found in pasteurized milk

Health Helen Branswell

USDA orders H5N1 testing of some dairy cows to limit spread of bird flu

Health Helen Branswell

Massive amounts of H5N1 vaccine would be needed if there’s a bird flu pandemic. Can we make enough?

Health Helen Branswell

Genetic analysis reveals H5N1 flu virus outbreak in cows likely started earlier than thought

Health Helen Branswell, Nicholas Florko, Megan Molteni, and Rachel Cohrs Zhang

H5N1 bird flu virus particles found in pasteurized milk but FDA says commercial milk supply appears safe

Health Helen Branswell

USDA releases H5N1 bird flu genetic data eagerly awaited by scientists

Health Helen Branswell

USDA faulted for disclosing scant information about outbreaks of H5N1 avian flu in cattle

First Opinion Luciana Borio and Phil Krause

H5N1 bird flu in U.S. cattle: A wake-up call to action

Health Helen Branswell

CDC to doctors: Look out for bird flu infections among dairy farm workers