The CDC advised pet owners not to feed raw animal products to cats and for vets to use protective equipment ...

One study documents the first possible case of a cat transmitting bird flu to a human. Another reveals striking genetic ...

H5N1 strains have been circulating among wild and domestic birds in the U.S. since 2021. In 2024, it began to cause outbreaks in dairy cows. It also became apparent that cats could catch H5N1 from ...

First confirmed case: CDC reports first documented H5N1 bird flu transmission from a domestic cat to a human in Los Angeles County. How it happened: A veterinary worker with high exposure to an ...

Virologists and public health specialists have warned about the pandemic threat for years. H5N1, a problem in chickens for decades, first infected humans in 1997, in an outbreak in Hong Kong. Eighteen ...

The Trump administration has intervened in the release of important studies on the bird flu, as an outbreak escalates across the United States. One of the studies would reveal whether veterinarians ...