A recent bird flu death has sparked fears that a "brand-new virus" could potentially mutate under the right conditions and ...

Current strains of bird flu are “poorly suited for pandemic potential,” said Dr. Shira Doron, a Tufts Medicine infectious ...

The Iowa Department of Agriculture is warning of bird flu in pets after a cat recently tested positive for the illness.

Over the past several months, bird-flu numbers have been steadily ticking up, especially among farmworkers who interact ...

One of the earliest strains of bird flu isolated from a human in Texas shows a unique constellation of mutations that enable ...

At least 66 people, most of them dairy workers, have been infected. Last week, the Louisiana Health Department reported the ...

Transmission has largely been documented in poultry. While hummingbirds are likely safe, bird feeders could attract infected ...

Officials at Lincoln Park Zoo confirmed Wednesday that a harbor seal and a Chilean flamingo each died of highly pathogenic ...

The CDC says the risk of bird flu to the general public is low, but public health experts say they are worried the virus ...

A commercial duck meat breeder in Tulare County had an outbreak affecting 41,100 ducks that was reported on Dec. 14, but the ...

Health officials say the consistent, very low-level detections indicate a high likelihood that H5 bird flu virus is on Kauai.

Bird flu is being cited as the cause of the recent deaths of a Chilean flamingo and harbor seal at Lincoln Park Zoo, the zoo ...