Although bird flu usually does not infect people, there have been some rare cases of human infection with these viruses, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. Last month, a patient was ...

Public-health experts have been highly critical of the federal and state response to the virus, which was first identified in ...

Butte County officials on Friday confirmed a bird flu outbreak in a backyard poultry flock, the latest case since Gov. Gavin ...

Hundreds of dead birds have reportedly been falling from the sky in dystopian scenes in Pennsylvania. Wildlife officials ...

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

Infectious disease experts say the avian flu case that infected a 13-year-old in British Columbia shows “worrisome” signs that the virus could be mutating to more easily infect humans, but that the ...

Public health experts are urging vigilance amid recent reports of severe bird flu cases in two North American patients. The ...

Public health officials have warned that new mutations of bird flu with human flu could have dangerous consequences.

The administration said it was committing $306 million toward improving hospital preparedness, early-stage research on ...

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

Feeling under the weather? Local health officials are tracking a variety of viruses making rounds in the community right now.