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 ...

A child is home and recovering after a possible case of bird flu in Alameda County, California, according to the California ...

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO @STARADVERTISER.COM State Epidemiologist Dr. Sarah Kemble addressed the media Thursday about possible sources of the H5 avian influenza virus. State officials are urging ...

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 ...

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 ...

"In the middle of all this, I reached out to a vet and we were working together and decided to inform the state and federal ...

Britain said on Sunday it had confirmed a strain of the H5N1 avian influenza virus in commercial poultry at premises near the ...

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