A recent bird flu death has sparked fears that a "brand-new virus" could potentially mutate under the right conditions and ...

Each detection was "so low that it was not considered a positive result," adding that "the consistent very low-level ...

Health officials say the consistent, very low-level detections indicate a high likelihood that H5 bird flu virus is on Kauai.

The Chilean flamingo, named Teal, hatched last fall and died Jan. 8. The 7-year-old harbor seal, named Slater, died the next ...

H5N1 bird flu strain impacts egg supply chain, USDA reports ...

Researchers have identified nine mutations in a bird flu strain from a person in Texas. Bad news: this strain is more capable of causing disease and replicates better in the brain. Good news: approved ...

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.

Due to the continued spread of bird flu in California, poultry and dairy cattle exhibits are now banned from all fairs and ...

Lincoln Park Zoo said the specific source of the exposure of the animals to bird flu, or H5N1 virus, is not known.

Current strains of bird flu are “poorly suited for pandemic potential,” said Dr. Shira Doron, a Tufts Medicine infectious ...

Some animal welfare groups are calling on USDA to release data on whether cockfighting has contributed to the spread of bird ...

The highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, or bird flu, continues to spread on Delmarva with Queen Anne’s becoming the ...