H5N1 avian influenza continues to spread amid commercial and backyard poultry, and additional cases have been reported in domestic cats ...

Some areas of Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area in Clay Township may close during prime snow geese viewing season this year if large numbers of birds are found sick or ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says hospitals treating people for the flu should test them for avian ...

Seven Delmarva-region commercial operations have now reported cases of the highly contagious virus.

An infectious disease expert says the relatively mild cases of avian influenza detected so far among dairy workers don’t ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging health care workers to accelerate bird flu testing for patients ...

Backyard chicken enthusiasts are keeping an eye on alerts from the state’s health and agricultural departments after a person ...

A number of bird flu cases have been reported in the Chicago area in recent weeks, leading to many questions about how quickly the virus is spreading and how worried residents should be.

A patient who was hospitalized with the first human case of pathogenic avian influenza, or H5N1, in Louisiana and the United States has died. According to the Louisiana Department of Health ...

"The Chinese poultry lineage may have experienced more vaccine-driven selection compared to other lineages," the researchers wrote.

The CDC is calling for expanded testing of bird flu after a child in California tested positive for the virus despite no ...

Staying a step ahead of the avian influenza virus with surveillance, testing and research could mean the difference between a ...