The convergence of multiple flu strains in one animal can allow new virus strains to form—just as they did in past pandemics.

Bird flu typically spreads among birds, but there have been recent outbreaks among cattle in the U.S., and one Texas man ...

A patient in Missouri who was hospitalized after an infection with bird flu had the H5N1 strain of the virus, the US Centers ...

The mandatory testing comes as the total number of infected herds in California has risen to 17. Nationally, officials have ...

A close contact of a Missouri resident identified as having a human case of the H5N1 avian flu also became sick around the ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday it has yet to identify “a clear source” of infection in a ...

September will soon be drawing to a close. The kids are back to school, and those of us in the Northern Hemisphere are ...

Health officials on Thursday said they don’t know how a Missouri person caught bird flu but believe it may be a rare instance ...

An extensive look at wastewater samples taken across the United States from May to July found traces of the H5N1 bird flu ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has picked five lab partners to develop a test for avian influenza A (H5N1) — ...

in case the bird flu does start spreading widely among people or begins causing severe illness. On Thursday, the CDC announced it is partnering with five commercial lab companies so they can ...