Maine officials are urging bird owners to take precautions after avian flu was confirmed in a backyard flock in Penobscot ...

A Washington resident has been hospitalized with bird flu, according to the Washington State Health Department, and they’re infected with a strain of the virus that hasn’t been seen in humans before.

The person was an older adult with underlying health conditions, officials said.

The patient is older and has underlying health conditions, according to Washington state health authorities.

A new warning from global health experts is raising alarms about the potential for a bird flu pandemic that could outpace the devastation of COVID-19, if the H5N1 virus mutates to spread easily ...

While it remains seasonal in poultry, the disease is spreading in dairy cows and infecting hundreds of other ...

A Washington resident died of complications from an infection with a bird flu strain never before reported in humans, the ...

New research reveals that the bird flu viruses may be capable of replicating at temperatures higher than an average fever, a ...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a disaster proclamation Tuesday after a case of highly pathogenic avian influenza was detected in a commercial turkey flock in Hamilton County -- the state's ninth ...

“It’s crucial that we monitor bird flu strains to help us prepare for potential outbreaks," said virologist Matt Turnbull.

Health officials confirm the first U.S. human case of avian influenza, also known as the bird flu, in Colorado Thursday, according to the CDC. The video featured is from a related report. The person ...

Dr. Richard Besser traveled to China to report on the bird flu outbreak. April 16, 2013— -- HONG KONG -- A new strain of bird flu has been reported in China, and it has sickened 63 people and ...