State officials suspect the avian flu has killed dozens of wild birds in Boston, Amherst, and Plymouth, and farmers are ...

The FDA has advised pet food companies to revisit food safety plans as a growing number of cats have gotten sick or died from ...

The CDC and MDH are advising health care providers to order further laboratory testing on positive influenza A specimens ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging hospitals to accelerate advanced testing of people they suspect ...

The Centers for Disease Control announced the first human death from H5N1 avian flu or "bird flu" in the United States on Jan ...

There are currently no documented cases of human to human transmission of bird flu, also known as avian flu H5N1, though ...

Researchers at Texas Biomed have identified nine mutations in a strain of bird flu found in a person in Texas. Bad news: This ...

State officials said they've discovered the first case of the highly infectious H5N1 bird flu virus in a backyard flock in ...

But how do researchers know that if a person tests positive for influenza A, it’s not H5N1 avian flu? “We don’t have the ability to differentiate through quick, antigen tests at this time ...

H5N1, or Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A, is a subtype of influenza A virus that causes avian influenza or flu in cows, birds, and other mammals. However, this highly infectious respiratory ...

Bird flu or H5N1 avian flu has sounded alarm after first human death due to the infection was reported in USA this year. Experts are monitoring the situation and more research is underway ...

A recent outbreak of bird flu has revealed a strain in a Texas patient with nine mutations, making it more efficient and deadly. The virus, H5N1, commonly found in wild birds, has now infected ...