With cold and flu season approaching, it’s worth knowing about another virus out there—albeit extremely rare: bird flu. Like ...

Avian flu in dairy cows could stick around on US farms forever, and is raising the risk of outbreaks in mammals—including ...

Colorado’s outbreak of avian flu in poultry and dairy cattle seems to have died down, though the state continues to monitor ...

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

Several labs will work with federal health authorities to develop a test for avian influenza, as the number of human cases ...

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 ...

A person in Missouri contracted bird flu without known exposure to sick animals, marking a unique case in the current ...

Previous human infections occurred in workers on farms. But community transmission of the virus remains unlikely for now, ...

Mystery H5 flu case had a close contact who was ill at same time; CDC hopes blood tests will show if there was a connection.

The case is concerning because it's the first human case this year not tied to a known exposure to animals. Before now, all ...

A person sickened by bird flu in Missouri was probably an isolated case, federal health officials said Thursday, though they ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has picked five lab partners to develop a test for avian influenza A (H5N1) — ...