Medical experts advise that people should get a vaccine for the bird flu when it becomes commercially available. One doctor ...
A variant of the virus caused disease in people in 1997, when there was a small but deadly outbreak in Hong Kong. Eighteen ...
The Hawaii Department of Health detected very low levels of H5 avian influenza (bird flu) in samples from the Lihue ...
Each detection was “so low that it was not considered a positive result,” adding that “the consistent very low-level ...
The Hawaii Department of Health today said it has detected “very low levels” of H5 avian influenza in wastewater samples collected last month from the Lihue Wastewater Treatment Plant on Kauai.
Researchers are comparing the genetic features of the B.C. patient's avian flu strain with that of a Louisiana patient who ...
Data from the USDA shows more than 20 million egg-laying chickens in the U.S. died last quarter because of bird flu.
Those most likely to get infected are usually people who are in close contact with birds, such as poultry workers. The strains that can impact humans include A (H5N1) or A (H7N9), with H5N1 ...
As bird flu cases crop up across the country, here's what a food safety expert wants you to know about getting the virus from eggs, poultry, and dairy products.
H5N1 bird flu was diagnosed in a flock of turkeys in Nahalal in the Jezreel Valley. Following an unusual mortality of approximately 24,000 turkeys, before marketing at the age of 16 weeks, in five ...
The latest confirmation likely reflects follow-up testing of a San Francisco child whose exposure to the virus is still under ...
As sporadic H9N2 infections continue in China, the country's number of more rare H10N3 infections over the past few years is ...