Alameda County health officials are investigating a potential case of avian influenza, or bird flu, in a child experiencing ...

In 2009, H1N1 bird flu caused the first global flu pandemic in 40 years, with the first infections detected in California.

A child in California has tested positive for bird flu, and is recovering at home with mild upper respiratory tract symptoms, ...

A viral respiratory disease is causing a multi-state outbreak in wild birds, poultry and other animals. Bird flu has also lead to more than four dozen infections in people in the U.S. While most human ...

The World Is Watching The U.S. Deal With Bird Flu, And It's Scary As a virus scientist in South Africa, I’ve been watching with dread as H5N1 bird flu spreads among animals in the United States. The ...

Stat reports there's no evidence that the teen has infected anyone else. The source of the infection has not been determined. Meanwhile, Hawaii — which has strict agricultural rules to prevent the ...

It’s been nearly eight months since avian flu was first detected in U.S. dairy herds, and cases in both cows and humans continue to pile up.

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

Authorities in Hawaii are warning residents who attended a local pet fair to watch for symptoms of avian influenza after a ...

State officials are urging vigilance after Hawaii’s first detection of H5N1 in a flock of rescued pet geese and ducks in ...

As a virus scientist in South Africa, I’ve been watching with dread as H5N1 bird flu spreads among animals in the United ...

There are many reasons to strenuously oppose President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the Department of Health and Human Services. But this one ...