Highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has increasingly spread to mammals and infected hundreds of ...

Bird flu cases are rising rapidly in the U.S. and around the world. A new study traces how the disease spread over the last ...

In 1997, avian influenza virus (H5N1) caused severe human disease in Hong Kong. One of 9 infected children and 5 of 9 infected adults died. Investigators hypothesized that this virus is lethal ...

(CNN) -- A physician monitoring the threat of avian influenza says a key question is whether the strain of bird flu in Asia has mutated into a flu that could result in a human pandemic. Dr. Marc ...

Fears that humans may someday catch avian flu have heightened as the virus been contracted by mammals, the USDA announced. Three states — Washington, Montana, and Kentucky — have reported ...

Vaccination remains the most effective strategy for avian influenza prevention and control in humans, despite varying vaccine efficacy across strains. That's according to the authors of a new ...

being a loner has its advantages But avian flu isn’t just a crisis for birds – it has already jumped into multiple species, including humans. Leading virologists are sounding the alarm over ...

Ecuadorian health authorities have confirmed the first case of avian influenza in a human patient. The Ministry of Public Health (MSP) announced it was a 9-year-old girl who had been in contact ...

As avian influenza continues to spread around the world, researchers in Japan are turning to human medicine to protect rare and endangered bird species. Anti-virals are turning out good results in ...

"It’s dangerous for human beings to vaccinate the birds," the health secretary said John Parra/Getty; Getty Robert F. Kennedy Jr. addressed the worsening avian flu crisis, saying vaccinating ...

For the first time in almost 40 years, a highly contagious strain of avian flu was detected on a Lancaster County farm. The disease was found at an East Donegal Township facility owned and ...