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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The current outbreak of the Asian Influenza virus in poultry may mutate to humans as has been the case in the US with 70 cases reported and one fatality. This was a warning from a microbiologist ...

The UK Health Security Agency, UKHSA, has confirmed a case of influenza A(H5N1) in a person in the West Midlands region. Simultaneously the UK Chief Veterinary Officer has ordered a new Avian ...