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

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

The CDC has said it continues to track the bird ... A person who died of the bird flu in Louisiana in December illustrates that point: Scientific evidence suggests that bird flu viruses evolved ...

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

H5N1 bird flu has infected over 1,009 cattle across 17 U.S. states, affected poultry in New York and New Mexico, and caused one human death in Louisiana.

Dubbed the Avian Flu Influenza Area Surveillance Testing or AFAST project, some clinics in the state are giving $25 in gift ...

So far, the Department of Agriculture has confirmed a staggering 41 outbreaks this year that struck down entire egg-laying flocks in Arizona, California, Iowa, Indiana, Missouri, North Carolina, ...

Any evidence of a bird virus jumping readily into mammals is a worry, as it could indicate that mutations that allow for ...

Hospitals should expand and speed up testing of people hospitalised with influenza to see if they are suffering from bird flu, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).