Both swine and avian influenza are strains of influenza A. Just as swine flu strains tend to infect pigs, avian flu strains ...

The U.S. government plans to open what amounts to a fly factory by the end of the year, announcing its intent Wednesday to ...

This brings the total number of recently reported bird flu cases in Brazil to five, according to the Ministry of Agriculture. The first case was recorded on May 16 at a farm in the southern state ...

Avian influenza, or bird flu, is rising, and Virginia has found about 200 reported cases, according to the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR).

A case of avian influenza was identified at a live bird market in Essex County on Friday, according to an announcement from Gov. Phil Murphy‘s office. About 123 chickens are being euthanized as ...

Brazil is still analyzing new suspected cases of bird flu on commercial poultry farms, raising concerns the deadly virus may be spreading in the world’s largest chicken exporter.

Video by PBS News Hour. During a call with U.S. doctors this month, one CDC official noted that there is a seasonality to bird flu: Cases peak in the fall and early winter, possibly due to the ...

Health officials are urging vigilance as reports of bird flu cases in humans appear to have stopped. In the last 14 months, infections have been reported in 70 people in the U.S. — most of them ...

The H5N1 bird flu has been spreading widely among wild birds, poultry and other animals around the world for several years, and starting early last year became a problem in people and cows in the ...

SAO PAULO, May 19 (Reuters) - Brazil, the world's largest chicken exporter, ruled out three of seven suspected cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, officials ...

SAO PAULO, May 16 (Reuters) - Brazil, the world's largest chicken exporter, on Friday reported its first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza - also known as bird flu - on a commercial farm ...

New Jersey state epidemiologist Dr. Tina Tan said that, to date, there has not been a single case of avian influenza within the state’s human population. “Nationwide there have been 70 confirmed human ...