The convergence of multiple flu strains in one animal can allow new virus strains to form—just as they did in past pandemics.

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

An extensive look at wastewater samples taken across the United States from May to July found traces of the H5N1 bird flu ...

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

Kleptoparasitism, in which a bird harasses another to steal its food, might introduce avian flu to the continent, currently ...

A close contact of a Missouri resident identified as having a human case of the H5N1 avian flu also became sick around the ...

All Massachusetts dairy farms are 100 percent free of bird flu, state officials announced on Monday. At least 14 states ...

The Czech Republic has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza, or bird flu, on a ...

The H5N1 virus, initially restricted to Eurasia and Africa, has since spread to North and South America and even reached ...

Massachusetts health and agriculture officials said they detected no trace of bird flu after testing all dairy herds across ...

In addition to San Diego, wastewater bird flu detections in California included west Contra Costa County on June 10, Turlock ...

Thus far, the outbreak is growing slowly, says Yale SOM’s Dr. Howard Forman. But a lack of coordination and testing continues ...