Since 1959 the avian flu virus H5N1 has been popping up around the globe. Now scientists believe it could spark the next pandemic.

The H5N1 avian influenza virus, or bird flu, has reached alarming levels globally, and Canada is on high alert.

H5N1 is known for infecting hundreds of bird ... Dr. Shahir cites the elephant seal population in South America. “in Peru, they lost almost 97 per cent of their pups in one of the breeding ...

MUNICIPAL workers collect dead pelicans on Santa Maria beach in Lima, Peru, November 30 ... the Spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1” finds. The pattern may be a clue to why culling ...

Yesterday, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a level 2 travel notice (practice enhanced ...

H5N1 went on to infect wild birds and then spread ... America where more than 100,000 wild birds were reported dead in Peru alone, along with farmed poultry and marine mammals.

US flu activity declined steadily again last week, with rates of influenza-like illness (ILI) dropping further and staying ...

Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza National University researchers conducted a genomic analysis of fine aroma cocoa from northern Peru, uncovering ... identified evidence of H5N1 adaptation in domestic ...