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 ...

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

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 ...

Mysterious US bird flu case in person without any known contact with an infected animal raises spectre of human-to-human ...

Last Friday, the Missouri health department announced a recent human case of bird flu. What’s unsettling about the case is that the patient — hospitalized on August 22 and later released — is the ...

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

WASHINGTON — Public health officials are still trying to determine how a Missouri resident contracted bird flu without having ...

Bird flu has killed millions of fowl and infected, even killed, hundreds of humans. But the jump to cattle has experts ...

The Taliban has suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the Associated Press (AP) reported today, based on ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday it has yet to identify “a clear source” of infection in a ...