Rising H5N1 bird flu cases in the U.S. prompted the CDC to study the virus in ferrets, revealing it may have the potential to ...

The first report of a H5N1 infection in a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon was confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has signed an agreement with Alveo Technologies to develop a handheld avian ...

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 presentation, so brief as to be little more than a public service announcement, signals an abandonment of efforts to ...

New CDC research suggests that a small but significant percentage of dairy farmers working near infected cows have recently ...

The CDC study provides the largest window to date into how the bird virus first detected in March in dairy cows may be ...

The CDC wants Alveo to make rapid, portable A(H5) diagnostic tests "to support response efforts in the event of an outbreak." ...

The health agency now urges proactive testing and treatment for the virus among any workers who were exposed to H5N1.

Federal officials said Thursday that farmworkers exposed to bird flu should be tested for the virus even if they are not ...

Informed by a new study, the CDC recommends testing dairy and poultry farmworkers exposed to H5N1-infected animals even if ...

As H5N1 bird flu spreads among California dairy herds and southward-migrating birds, health officials announced Friday six ...