Here's what the latest research is saying about how it is spreading and how to keep yourself and your pets safe.

H5N1, the bird flu virus behind the ongoing outbreak in the ... Birds shed the virus through their saliva, mucus and feces, ...

Dec 13 (Reuters) - The Louisiana Department of Health said on Friday it has detected the first presumptive positive human case of H5N1 bird flu infection in the U.S. state. The individual is a ...

At her last update, it was a relief to hear B.C.'s PHO, Dr. Henry, confirm that the B.C. teenager with H5N1 has been on airborne precautions in the ICU. Unfortunately, both Vancouver Island Health ...

New findings highlight the importance of ongoing surveillance for H5N1 mutations. As the H5N1 bird flu virus is spreading fast among animals in the United States, scientists are now on high alert ...

Opens in a new tab or window Canadian public health officials closed their investigation into the teenager who became critically ill with the H5N1 bird flu virus, with no source of infection ...

Concern surrounding the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 influenza virus currently circulating in dairy cows in the United States is growing. A total of 58 human cases have been reported as ...

Federal disease trackers reported Tuesday that the first child diagnosed with bird flu in an ongoing U.S. outbreak was infected with a virus strain closely related to one moving rapidly through ...

If the H5N1 virus does make the switch, it could lead to widespread infection rates in humans. Thus far, the virus has been limited in humans. “In nature, the occurrence of this single mutation ...

FORT LIBERTY — The 18th Airborne Corps and Fort Liberty thanked its outgoing senior leader who spent nearly two decades on the installation, while welcoming its new commander Friday. During a ...