We might be fine. Viruses don’t always manage to adapt to new species, despite all the opportunities. But if there is a bird ...

A rare case of avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, has been confirmed in a child in the United States, according to ...

Human cases in the US are on the rise and the virus is turning up in cows and dairy products. Luckily, we have some vaccines ...

A World Health Organization official on Thursday called for stronger surveillance in animals for evidence of infection with ...

Just this weekend, the CDC confirmed a mild case in a child who had no known exposure to an infected animal. There have been several cases like this one over the past few months.

With 55 human cases in the US and avian influenza impacting bird populations across the globe, here’s a look at why ...

California health officials are warning not to drink another lot of raw milk from Fresno-based Raw Farm after it tested ...

By the end of the day, avian flu had been discovered among some of those chickens. By the end of the week, four workers came ...

The term "bird flu" refers to a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A, classified as H5N1. Wild birds carry and transmit ...

From gutting federal agencies to favoring profit over public health, here's why public health experts are concerned ...

Bird flu can also cause respiratory and classic flu-like symptoms, including cough, runny nose, fever, sore throat, body ...

In the 2009 swine flu pandemic, multiple reassortment events in pigs and birds led to the novel H1N1 virus strain, which led ...