To round out the name, the viruses are given an H and N number to indicate a subtype. A full name might then look like this: ...

According to the CDC, H5N1 bird flu has infected 876 ... Researchers know of six subtypes of avian influenza A viruses that have caused human infections: H3 strains. This subtype affects ...

First come the horseshoe crabs. Hoisting their round, tank-like shells, they trundle out of the Delaware Bay under the first ...

Northwest Naturals issued a recall of its Feline Turkey Recipe Raw Frozen Pet Food after it tested positive for bird flu.

Alarmingly, a small fraction of the virus particles remained in a transmissable state for up to five days. The recommended ...

The findings come at a time when outbreaks of bird flu -- a different subtype of the same influenza ... of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 influenza virus currently ...

Commonly known as bird flu, the H5N1 avian influenza virus is found in wild aquatic birds across the globe and can also cause outbreaks and disease in poultry. S. Mark Tompkins he ...