The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has picked five lab partners to develop a test for avian influenza A (H5N1) — ...

With the approach of fall and cooler weather across the United States, officials say the risk posed by the H5N1 bird flu ...

A patient in Missouri who was hospitalized after an infection with bird flu had the H5N1 strain of the virus, the US Centers ...

A close contact of a Missouri resident identified as having a human case of the H5N1 avian flu also became sick around the ...

Avian influenza, or bird flu, refers to the disease caused by infection with Type A viruses. The Alabama Department of Public Health reports these viruses occur naturally among wild aquatic birds ...

Bird flu typically spreads among birds, but there have been recent outbreaks among cattle in the U.S., and one Texas man ...

A close contact of the person in Missouri who had an unexplained H5N1 bird flu infection last month was also sick around the same time, but was not tested for influenza, the Centers for Disease ...

Health officials on Thursday said they don’t know how a Missouri person caught bird flu but believe it may be a rare instance of a “one-off” standalone illness.

That  human case of A(H5) avian flu in Missouri that had no known contact with poultry or other animals has been confirmed by the U.S. Centers for Disease ...

The CDC says the threat of the H5N1 virus is currently low. But federal agencies are taking steps to mitigate infections, should they begin to spread more widely. The CDC said Thursday that it was ...