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

Hospitals had been asked to conduct extra surveillance for possible avian flu cases in the spring and summer after highly ...

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

Bird flu has spread far and wide, infecting a range of species like chickens, skunks, cows, foxes and polar bears. But it's ...

H5 bird flu, a type of avian influenza, has infected dozens of people in the U.S., and spread to seven states and Canada this year. As more human cases arise, there's deepening worry over whether the ...

FDA food chief issues 'do not eat' warning over breakfast foodsBird flu has spread to Hawaii for the first time ever amid ...

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 ...

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

Officials suspect wild migrating birds are likely to blame for the first known infection of a flock in Hawaii, which had been the last state in the country with no reported cases in poultry or wild ...

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