As H5N1 bird flu spreads among California dairy herds and southward-migrating birds, health officials announced Friday six ...

Avian influenza H5N1 infection in humans has spread to seven U.S. states, growing from 46 cases last week to 52 cases this week.

Dr Owen Tsang, medical director of Hospital Authority Infectious Disease Centre, to be honoured for work on front lines of ...

One very easy way to lower the chances of a genetic shuffling would be for everyone, but especially farm workers, to get vaccinated against seasonal flu.

The US western state of Oregon is the latest to confirm a case of avian influenza in a human, according to a release from the ...

So far there’s been only one reported human case of bird flu in Texas this year in April and 46 total in the U.S., according ...

The infected person is linked to a previously reported outbreak tied to a commercial poultry operation in the state, where ...

Researchers have identified new roles for a protein long known to protect against severe flu infection -- among them, raising the minimum number of viral particles needed to cause sickness.

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO @STARADVERTISER.COM State Epidemiologist Dr. Sarah Kemble said Thursday that the state Department of Health is not yet able to determine whether the specimen collected last week ...

Canadian officials have announced that a teenager in British Columbia has been hospitalized in critical condition with what is believed to be bird flu.

There are many processes and proteins that help the body fight a flu infection. One of them is known as IFITM3. | ...

Oregon confirms its first human bird flu case, the latest in dozens of cases in the U.S. this year. Experts discuss the ...