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 ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday confirmed one Chinese woman has died of the H3N8 variant of avian flu after being hospitalized for severe pneumonia on March 3. The 56-year-old patient ...

The team believes the virus could mix with others inside horses, potentially creating a new mutant bird flu strain. Horses can already catch equine flu, caused by H3N8. If they’re simultaneously ...

Scientists find ‘conclusive’ evidence of spillover infections from wild birds in the east Asian country – home to five million horses ...

A new study has shown that horses have been infected with H5N1 – avian flu – in Asia and that infections have been occurring in horses undetected. The latest research, led by the MRC ...

There is concern that the information could be misused by terrorists. July 31, 2012 - Scientists announce that H3N8, a new strain of avian flu, caused the death of more than 160 baby seals in New ...

Additionally, horses are already known to carry equine flu – H3N8 – and researchers say that now, with the knowledge that they can also be infected with avian flu, these animals should be ...

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

N ow that bird flu has been detected in animals in all 50 states, and nearly 70 cases have been confirmed in people, health ...