The convergence of multiple flu strains in one animal can allow new virus strains to form—just as they did in past pandemics.

A patient in Missouri who was hospitalized after an infection with bird flu had the H5N1 strain of the virus, the US Centers ...

Bird flu typically spreads among birds, but there have been recent outbreaks among cattle in the U.S., and one Texas man ...

September will soon be drawing to a close. The kids are back to school, and those of us in the Northern Hemisphere are ...

A close contact of a Missouri resident identified as having a human case of the H5N1 avian flu also became sick around the ...

An extensive look at wastewater samples taken across the United States from May to July found traces of the H5N1 bird flu ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday it has yet to identify “a clear source” of infection in a ...

Health officials on Thursday said they don’t know how a Missouri person caught bird flu but believe it may be a rare instance ...

Federal officials are still trying to determine how a Missouri resident with no known exposure to bird flu, contracted the ...

Avian influenza, or bird flu, refers to the disease caused by infection with Type A viruses. The Alabama Department of Public Health reports these viruses occur naturally among wild aquatic birds ...

July 19The CDC confirmed an additional two bird flu cases in poultry farm workers from the same facility in Colorado, bringing the country’s total human case count to 11. July 15Officials ...

The CDC has picked five lab partners to develop a test for avian influenza A(H5N1) — bird flu — including ARUP Laboratories ...