Missouri healthcare worker who had contact with a hospitalized patient infected with bird flu developed mild respiratory ...

The mandatory testing comes as the total number of infected herds in California has risen to 17. Nationally, officials have ...

The Food and Drug Administration announced on Friday an approval of a new self- and caregiver-administered nose spray against ...

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

Whooping cough cases are climbing at the fastest pace in years as students across America return to school, U.S. health ...

It is not inevitable that H5N1 will develop into a pandemic -- if we act now. Unfortunately, instead of urgent action, we ...

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 ...