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

Recent testing has detected Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in mammal species in six Texas counties, state wildlife ...

The CDC has said it continues to track the bird ... A person who died of the bird flu in Louisiana in December illustrates that point: Scientific evidence suggests that bird flu viruses evolved ...

Public health officials in at least one state are now offering money as an incentive to encourage people to get screened or ...

The first known human death from bird flu occurred in January in Louisiana, according to the CDC. None of the 70 people infected to date were from New York. The state announced the immediate ...

H5N1 bird flu has infected over 1,009 cattle across 17 U.S. states, affected poultry in New York and New Mexico, and caused one human death in Louisiana.

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.

So far, the Department of Agriculture has confirmed a staggering 41 outbreaks this year that struck down entire egg-laying flocks in Arizona, California, Iowa, Indiana, Missouri, North Carolina, ...

Any evidence of a bird virus jumping readily into mammals is a worry, as it could indicate that mutations that allow for ...