That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and ...

A Michigan animal sanctuary owner alleged state authorities were inhumane when they culled her birds. She changed the state's H5N1 depopulation code.

The CDC says bird flu is a disease caused by avian influenza A viruses (H5N1) that usually spread between birds, not people.

It is currently unknown where the birds are within the county. The CDC states the bird flu was reported by a "Commercial Upland Gamebird Producer." The infected flock of 490 birds has since been ...

Here's what you need to know about the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, and what bird flu might mean to you, your ...

Although a candidate bird flu vaccine has not yet been made commercially available, medical experts advise that people should get it once it is. Dr. Linda Yancey, an expert in infectious ...

Bird flu seems to be ramping up — the US announced its first human death this week, and the highly contagious virus has spread to all 50 states. With more than 130 million birds and nearly 1,000 ...

A subtype of bird flu caused by avian influenza A (H5) virus has been spreading worldwide in wild birds with a few outbreaks in poultry, dairy cows and other mammals across the United States ...

Avian influenza, or bird flu, is a broad term that refers to several types of influenza that normally infect birds. The bird flu that’s been making news in the United States is a virus called H5N1.