A highly pathogenic version of avian influenza virus, commonly referred to as bird flu, was detected in wild birds in the ...

H5N1 avian influenza struck more than 400,000 birds in Missouri, making it the second-highest state for affected flocks at ...

Bird flu is changing fast and could become more dangerous to humans, new research from the University of North Carolina at ...

A scoping review outlines how H5N1 bird flu is spreading in the U.S., jumping from birds to mammals and cattle, and ...

Mexico has detected its first human case of H5N1 avian influenza, also known as bird flu, the health ministry said on Friday.

Health officials in Mexico say a 3-year-old girl from the western state of Durango is the country’s first confirmed human case of bird flu ...

Veterinary experts nationwide have a variety of hypotheses for new and puzzling test results from cow milk being analyzed for ...

Centre says human-to-human transmission of H5N1 virus is uncommon, but a national joint outbreak response team has been ...

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Nearly half a dozen senior veterinarians at the Food and Drug Administration were laid off in a sweeping purge, including ...

A plan to announce the agency's new risk assessment stressed the need for MMR vaccinations. Last week, it was scrapped.