First come the horseshoe crabs. Hoisting their round, tank-like shells, they trundle out of the Delaware Bay under the first ...

Bird flu is decimating wildlife around ... let it slip through our fingers when it began," Begeman tells BBC Future Planet. "I imagine the virus as an explorer going through the world, to new ...

Doctors say the case of a teen left in critical condition shows H5N1 "can cause severe human illness." Mutations in the virus are deepening concerns about the spread of H5N1.

But your risk of catching the virus is slightly higher if you: Work with poultry or cattle Travel to countries with bird flu Come into ... many water birds around the world.

Previous seasonal flu infections and vaccinations may protect us against infection from the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu outbreak.

Keith Poulsen’s jaw dropped when farmers showed him images on their cellphones at the World Dairy Expo in Wisconsin in ...

So far, the H5N1 virus isn't transmitted between people — but the CDC has found a mutation in a human case "concerning." ...

It’s the first ever confirmed instance of a severe bird flu infection in the United ... In previous H5N1 outbreaks around the world, severe infections have been more common and mortality in ...

Increasing numbers of avian flu cases around the United ... of the disease. Can travel spread the bird flu? While some research suggests that bird flu can be spread through travel, the current ...

Cases of norovirus and bird flu are on the rise compared to last year, according to data from the CDC. Several states have experienced over 10 confirmed outbreaks of norovirus, a contagious virus that ...

As the bird flu virus moved into cows and people, sluggish federal action, deference to industry and neglect for worker ...