One year ago, the first bird flu infection in a human in the United States was reported in a Texas dairy worker. There have ...

At the viral chatter stage of an outbreak, pathogens are just starting to infect people in sporadic bursts. It’s a sign that ...

The active and ongoing global spread of avian influenza virus has impacted more than 14 million birds in Canada and 160 ...

H5N1 influenza is evolving rapidly, weakening the effectiveness of existing antibodies and increasing its potential threat to ...

The detection of bird flu in a sheep is another sign that the H5N1 virus is adapting to hop to new hosts ...

H5N1 can still be active in raw milk cheese even after the standard 60-day aging window, according to new research.

The H5N1 avian influenza virus is mutating to evade immune defenses in mammals following prior infection or vaccination.

Eggs are expensive and hard to find right now because the bird flu has kicked off an old fashioned supply and demand problem: the virus kills almost every single chicken it infects; fewer chickens ...

More than 170 species of North American wild birds were infected with bird flu. Here's what it means for your backyard bird ...

These tests focus on looking for antibody activity that would directly neutralize the bird flu virus. Other more fine-tuned measures, however, do turn up evidence that we are already familiar with ...

“Further official testing of the remaining flock of sheep at the premises, including the lambs of the affected ewe, were negative for the presence of avian influenza virus.” Britain’s chief ...