There is an inherent conflict of interest – and the potential for injury to public health – when a federal department both ...

There is an inherent conflict of interest -- and the potential for injury to public health -- when a federal department both ...

Avian influenza H5N1 infection in humans has spread to seven U.S. states, growing from 46 cases last week to 52 cases this week.

The World Health Organization voiced alarm at the growing spread of H5N1 bird flu to new species, including humans, who face an ‘extraordinarily high’ mortality rate. Hong Kong should test for ...

A B.C. teen has a suspected case of H5N1 avian flu — the first known human to acquire the virus ... but that it's "very ...

The first case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed in a backyard flock of geese and chickens in Jackson County, Oregon. This follows a series of bird flu cases detected ...

H5N1 influenza has now been detected in pigs. This was something virologists had been worrying about ever since this highly ...

“At this time, there is no evidence of human-to-human transmission of avian influenza and there was no risk of H5N1 for people in Oregon with this travel,” Modie said in an email Frida ...

Influenza viruses break into cells by attaching to a sugar called sialic acid. Viruses from birds and humans typically bind to different kinds of these sialic acid receptors. As a result ...

A pig was infected with bird flu in Oregon, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported Wednesday. It’s the first time bird flu, also known as the H5N1 virus, infected a pig in the United States ...

SALEM, Oregon — Oregon is seeing an uptick in avian flu cases and deaths in wild birds this fall, according to Oregon Fish and Wildlife (ODFW). The state has been the first to report a new spike ...

Cache Valley • After the first case of the avian flu to hit the state was confirmed at a commercial poultry flock in Cache County earlier this month – resulting in the killing of nearly two ...