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

California health officials reported Tuesday that a child in Alameda Co. has been infected with bird flu; source unknown.

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

The H5N1 virus that infected a Canadian teen appears not to have spread, but it shows signs of mutation that makes flu ...

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

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

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

Ducks and geese on a backyard farm in Oahu, the state's main island, tested positive for H5N1 last week, which was likely ...

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 ...

The first report from a Royal Commission of Inquiry to review New Zealand’s response to the COVID pandemic was due to be ...