Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. acknowledged that rice was the biggest issue in 2024 and is still the top challenge in 2025.

It might sound a bit apocalyptic, but it is happening now. 2. The second in the ranking was “H5N2 avian flu human infection, ...

reported the first known case of a human case of influenza H5N2, which was fatal, although the infected man had underlying health conditions. A single mutation in the H5N1 strain of avian ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed the first human death caused by the H5N2 bird flu strain. Papua New Guinea reported to the United Nations (UN) on Monday that a landslide had ...

A virologist explains that why this probably isn’t the big one — but that it’s a sign of bad things happening with the virus.

Tiny genetic alterations could help the bird flu virus enter cells in the upper respiratory tract, the C.D.C. said. But there ...

A new mutation and the first severe case of H5N1 bird flu discovered in a human in Louisiana has raised concern among some ...

A genetic analysis suggests the bird flu virus mutated inside a Louisiana patient who contracted the first severe case of the ...

Amid a "concerning" new mutation in bird flu that may indicate the virus could begin to more easily infect humans, what are ...

The call to authorize a vaccine comes after the CDC announced that a person in Louisiana was hospitalized with the country's first known case of severe illness caused by the virus earlier this month.

The death of an Oregon house cat and a pet food recall are raising questions about the ongoing outbreak of bird flu and how people can protect their pets. Bird flu has been spreading for years in ...