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 ...

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

The Hawaii Department of Health detected very low levels of H5 avian influenza (bird flu) in samples from the Lihue ...

In its announcement this week of the first human death from bird flu in the United States, health officials in Louisiana were ...

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.

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

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 ...

Efforts to reduce antibiotics use on poultry units could be bolstered by an in-water paracetic acid product that controls ...

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.