To date, human infections have been rare and are typically linked to direct contact with animals. Sustained human-to-human transmission has not occurred, and health officials say the overall pandemic ...

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

A strain of bird flu never seen in humans has infected a Washington state resident and left the person hospitalized, state ...

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

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 first human to have ever been infected with the H5N5 strain of bird flu has died, Washington state health officials ...

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

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 ...

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

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