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.

Bird flu, or avian influenza, primarily affects birds but there have been cases reported in humans as well. Unfortunately, a ...

A rare and mysterious penguin has been spotted on South Georgia Island, standing out dramatically from its black-and-white ...

H5N1 first human death was reported in USA. Since then, health authorities have been monitoring and cases and shave sounded ...

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

One of the earliest strains of bird flu isolated from a human in Texas shows a unique constellation of mutations that enable ...

The nation's first human death due to the bird flu occurred this month, the latest development in a global outbreak that, ...

Staying one step ahead of the virus — with surveillance, testing and research — could mean the difference between a close ...

More than 100 chickens, geese, ducks and other birds at the farm at Hess-Hathaway Park in Waterford have been culled after some of them tested positive for the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu ...

Medical experts advise that people should get a vaccine for the bird flu when it becomes commercially available. One doctor said the most at-risk patients should be first.

Just before Christmas, two backyard birders in Michigan were in for the ultimate surprise–a yellow Northern Cardinal. Arlene ...