New Scientist

The US beat back bird flu in 2025 – but the battle isn’t over

The US experienced its first known bird flu deaths this year, igniting concerns that the virus could set off a pandemic in people. Nevertheless, it still reined in the outbreak enough to warrant ...
The Hill

Moderna receives $54.3M investment for bird flu vaccine, covering axed federal mRNA contracts

Moderna announced Thursday it will receive up to $54.3 million from a global vaccine partnership to fund its ongoing research into a potential bird flu mRNA vaccine, helping to recover some of the ...
The New York Times

Is This Bird the Next Dodo?

The slaty-masked tinamou, recently discovered in Brazil, is utterly unafraid of people. That could be its undoing, ornithologists worry. By Joe Trezza Rotund, ground-dwelling and unafraid of humans to ...
Polygon

The race to make Bird Game 3 a reality is already underway

Despite being an AI-generated game idea that doesn't exist, Bird Game 3 continues to tear up TikTok with millions of likes and views. In this fictional open-world game, you "play" as a bird of your ...
WGN-TV

Bird theory: What it is, and what it can say about your relationship

(NEXSTAR) – In a world of weird dating trends and theories, like “Shrekking” and “monkey barring,” it can be refreshing to come across advice that’s actually helpful. One such trend is making the ...
Polygon

Bird Game 3 is the hottest game on the internet right now

Bird Game 3 is all over TikTok, but if you're sitting here wondering why you've never heard of the first or second game, there's a reason for that. Bird Game 3 isn't real, but you wouldn't know that ...
Reuters

Bird flu virus could risk pandemic worse than COVID if it mutates, France's Institut Pasteur says

PARIS, Nov 27 (Reuters) - The bird flu virus that has been spreading among wild birds, poultry and mammals could lead to a pandemic worse than COVID-19 if it mutates to transmit between humans, the ...
WMUR

Rare bird spotted in Portsmouth, New Hampshire

ALL RIGHT, CALLING ALL BIRD ENTHUSIASTS. AND BY THE WAY, I FOUND OUT THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, SO I THINK THEY’LL FIND THIS INTERESTING. A RARE BIRD WAS SEEN TODAY IN SOUTH ...
Scientific American

First Human Dies of Rare H5N5 Bird Flu Strain. Here’s What You Need to Know

A person in the Washington State has died of avian influenza. It’s the first human death from bird flu in the U.S. since January—but the infection was of a different strain than the one that has been ...
ABC News

1st human known to be infected with H5N5 strain of bird flu dies, Washington state officials say

The person was an older adult with underlying health conditions, officials said. The first human to have ever been infected with the H5N5 strain of bird flu has died, Washington state health officials ...
CNN

Washington resident dies of complications from bird flu strain never before reported in humans

A Washington resident died of complications from an infection with a bird flu strain never before reported in humans, the state Department of Health said on Friday. The patient was an older adult with ...
Scientific American

Are Turkeys at Risk of Bird Flu This Thanksgiving?

Avian influenza has felled dozens of poultry flocks across the U.S. this autumn—and it has hit turkeys particularly hard. Nearly two million turkeys nationwide have been reported dead or culled ...