Bird flu (H5N1) primarily affects birds but has spread to mammals, including humans. While human transmission remains rare, ...

H5N9 is “not commonly seen in poultry in general,” says Eman Anis, assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania ...

Are eggs safe to eat amid the current avian flu outbreak? Have people in the U.S. contracted bird flu? We VERIFY the answers ...

A new strain of bird flu, H5N9, has been detected for the first time in the United States, raising concerns about h ...

Manufacturers of raw dog and cat food must do a better job detecting bird flu in products sold to pet owners, federal regulators announced Friday. Several cats, wild and domestic, in the U.S. have ...

The newly reported H5N9 strain was found Monday at a duck farm in Merced County, California, according to the World ...

The risk of bird flu to humans is low, but eating undercooked eggs or chicken could increase your chances of exposure to ...

or bird flu, according to a statement from zoo officials on Wednesday. It also announced that its bird house would be closed for an undetermined period of time to protect the other animals.

David J. Cennimo, an associate professor of medicine and pediatrics in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, spoke to Rutgers Today about what people should know ...

With confirmation of a new highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) farm outbreak an almost daily occurrence in Japan over the past few weeks, fears are being voiced about a looming egg shortage in ...

Avian influenza, commonly termed “bird flu”, is caused by the avian influenza virus A. This virus is usually found in wild water birds like ducks, geese, swans, etc. Infected birds shed the virus in ...

Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu among poultry and dairy cattle across the United States, the country has recorded its first human death due the virus known as avian influenza A or H5N1. On Jan. 6 ...