The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are monitoring the bird flu situation in the United States. Here's what to ...

No person-to-person spread has been detected, but that doesn’t mean an H5N1 avian influenza pandemic isn’t possible or even ...

Learn more about how a vaccine could help prevent the spread of the avian flu virus but may also cause the virus to evolve ...

H5N1 Bird Flu Spreads In US: Highly infectious H5N1 virus, also known as the bird flu virus has tightened its grip on the ...

"The Chinese poultry lineage may have experienced more vaccine-driven selection compared to other lineages," the researchers wrote.

Avian flu is a common illness among birds, but it can spread to humans and other mammals. The virus is shed through ...

As bird flu cases in the United States have begun to surface over the past year, public health officials continue to raise ...

When a pathogen — any organism that causes a disease — jumps species, scientists get nervous because its genetic makeup can ...

The ongoing avian influenza outbreak in wild birds and domestic poultry flocks is prompting the health board to consider emergency measures if it mutates to be more transmissible in humans.

W ith respiratory-disease season in full swing and a bird flu outbreak rapidly evolving, the new Trump Administration has ordered federal health agencies to secure White House approval before ...

A Long Island farm will reportedly euthanize more than 100,000 ducks after a bird flu outbreak transpired at the eastern New ...