The general public health threat remains low, but some infectious disease experts worry about a thinning line that's kept ...

On a recent Monday morning, workers began their week on a large poultry farm in Franklin County, Washington, home to over 800 ...

The recent appearance of the H5N1 bird flu in pigs does raise viral reassortment concerns. Here's what we know about this ...

With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirming the first child in the United States has tested positive for bird flu, our political leaders should, among other things, consider a ...

The H5N1 bird flu outbreak in the U.S. has so far been shockingly mild. Researchers have some theories as to why.

A teen in British Columbia recently became critically ill after becoming infected with H5N1. H5N1 is a highly pathogenic ...

The Kansas Department of Agriculture is warning poultry owners of HPAI, or bird flu risk.

The warning came five days after the CDC confirmed that a child had tested positive for bird flu in California.

We might be fine. Viruses don’t always manage to adapt to new species, despite all the opportunities. But if there is a bird ...

A World Health Organisation (WHO) official on Thursday called for stronger surveillance in animals for evidence of infection with H5N1 bird flu in order to curb its spread, reported Reuters . The ...

The World Health Organization on Thursday urged countries to step up surveillance for bird flu after the first case was detected in a child in the United States.

Federal health officials called for more testing of employees on farms with bird flu after a new study showed that some dairy ...