As bird flu sweeps across US poultry and cattle farms, researchers are racing to find ways to contain the outbreaks before ...

The first medical trial in Britain of a vaccine against the bird flu virus H5N1 has begun in Oxford. This is an experimental vaccine against a virus with deadly potential. To see how well it works the ...

The first major global review of bird flu in cats reveals an emerging threat of a potential human pandemic. Spring is here, ...

Preliminary tests indicate a commercial chicken farm in Brazil's state of Tocantins is free from bird flu, the state's farm ...

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Poultry trade bans triggered by a bird flu outbreak in Brazil may weigh on domestic chicken prices, offering some relief - if ...

Health officials are making a renewed call for vigilance against bird flu, but some experts are puzzling over why reports of ...

How dangerous is it? Where did it come from? H5N1 influenza’s origins stretch back to the 1990s, and key events paved the way ...

A new PEARLS article in PLoS Pathogens reviews the rapid evolution and pandemic potential of emerging influenza A viruses, ...

Brazil is still analyzing a new suspected case of bird flu on a commercial poultry farm, raising concerns the deadly virus ...

Brazil's poultry industry is reeling from the country's first bird flu outbreak on a commercial farm, but officials hope ...