Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) viruses have caused widespread infections in dairy cows and poultry in the United ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The state Department of Health announced Tuesday it has detected the H5 avian influenza at a wastewater treatment plant in Hilo, the first detection of bird flu on a ...

A 2.5-year-old returning to Australia from India was infected with a reassortant H5N1 virus, revealing genetic mixing between ...

A global outbreak of avian flu is reaching Arizona, though officials believe the public health risk remains low. According to the Centers for Disease Control, H5 bird flu has spread in wild ...

A person in Louisiana contracted the nation's first serious human case of avian influenza, or bird flu, and was admitted to the hospital in recent days, according to the Centers for Disease ...

It appears that the dreaded H5 avian influenza has made its way to Hawaii island. The state Department of Health on Tuesday said H5 avian influenza was detected in a sample collected from the Hilo ...

Avian influenza H5 is a novel influenza A virus that primarily affects birds, but since bird flu viruses can mutate and gain the ability to transmit between people, public health officials are ...

The state Department of Land and Natural Resources said it is monitoring bird and wildlife populations for signs of avian influenza. Nene are often seen on the ground near roadways in Hawai‘i ...