Preventing a pandemic means early detection of bird flu strains — surveillance of viral spread and influenza infections in ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has increasingly spread to mammals and infected hundreds of people, raising concerns that it may lead to human-to-human transmission and ...

"To date, this strain of avian influenza has not been associated with significant disease in humans," said Dr. Kim Dodd, director of the Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.

The viruses that cause avian influenza are potential threats to global health. Recent animal outbreaks from a subtype called H5N1 have been especially troubling to scientists. Although human ...

The virus' jump to other types of mammals comes as the Trump White House has slashed jobs and budgets at the Centers for ...

The 114 commercial outbreaks in South Dakota have led to the death or intentional killing of more than 6 million turkeys, chickens and other birds.

More than 100 federal scientists who track bird flu, including vaccine and food safety experts, have been laid off. This comes as the deadly pathogen rips through dairy herds and poultry flocks.

In 1997, avian influenza virus (H5N1) caused severe human disease in Hong Kong. One of 9 infected children and 5 of 9 infected adults died. Investigators hypothesized that this virus is lethal ...

This isn’t just an animal health crisis — it’s a risk to public health. When animals consume foods containing live virus, ...

A 59-year-old man in Mexico was reported Wednesday to be the first person ever to die of avian flu ... confirmed human case of infection with A(H5N2) subtype of bird flu reported globally and ...

Bird flu, or avian influenza, is caused by influenza A viruses. Flu viruses that infect humans and birds are both categorized by their H and N proteins, but avian influenza viruses infect birds as ...

“We’re afraid this virus could cause a human pandemic because humans have very little immunity against this particular avian flu virus ... “It can jump species, so anytime there ...