Fears the world is heading towards another pandemic are growing, as new data shows the spread of the deadly bird flu virus ...

The virus leads to an estimated 36,000 deaths in the United States each season — many of them so sudden that families are ...

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.

Bird flu infections have been rare among people, but the pathogen is evolving, which has scientists worried about a possible ...