Bird flu infections have been rare among people, but the pathogen is evolving, which has scientists worried about a possible ...

A 3-year-old girl from Durango, Mexico, has died from H5N1 Bird Flu, according to the World Health Organization. The child ...

Preventing a pandemic means early detection of bird flu strains — surveillance of viral spread and influenza infections in ...

Recent testing has detected Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in mammal species in six Texas counties, state wildlife ...

One year ago, the first bird flu infection in a human in the United States was reported in a Texas dairy worker. There have been at least 70 cases since then.

Bird flu's risk to the public remains low, health officials say, but fatalities have been recorded. One person in Louisiana died after being hospitalized with the virus, marking the first bird ...

After staff and funding cuts across the HHS, the FDA has suspended its quality control program for testing dairy products.

A person who died of the bird flu in Louisiana in December illustrates that point: Scientific evidence suggests that bird flu viruses evolved inside the patient, gaining mutations that may make ...

Public health officials in at least one state are now offering money as an incentive to encourage people to get screened or ...