The case of the Canadian teen and the death of a Louisiana man are stark reminders of bird flu’s capacity to ignite serious ...

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

More than 20 million egg-laying chickens in the U.S. died last quarter because of bird flu, data from the U.S. Department of ...

The virus impacts milk production and poses significant risks to other bird species, particularly domestic poultry as well as ...

The Hawaii Department of Health detected very low levels of H5 avian influenza (bird flu) in samples from the Lihue ...

The CDC is monitoring developments closely because the United States is in the middle of flu season. With more patients ...

H5N1 - has led to the first known casualty. While there is no known cure, the CDC does recommend methods to protect yourself.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Friday it will award $306 million in additional funding to monitor ...

Each detection was “so low that it was not considered a positive result,” adding that “the consistent very low-level ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) maintains that the virus that sickened the Louisiana patient matched a ...

Shannon Marvel McNaught / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Many birds that catch avian influenza are often humanely euthanized since there is no known cure or treatment for the disease in animals.

Concerns about the dangers of bird flu are growing Tuesday after the first reported death in Louisiana from the virus.