Initial testing had indicated the teenager's infection was from bird flu and was confirmed in further testing, the Public ...

A teenager in British Columbia was hospitalized in critical condition with the disease, and officials were working to find ...

Another cause for concern: flu season is underway in the U.S., and as seasonal influenza virus goes around, “humans, ...

H5N1 influenza has now been detected in pigs. This was something virologists had been worrying about ever since this highly ...

California health officials began providing protective clothing to farmworkers months before the state’s first bird flu ...

The World Health Organization voiced alarm at the growing spread of H5N1 bird flu to new species, including humans, who face an ‘extraordinarily high’ mortality rate. Hong Kong should test for ...

Cache Valley • After the first case of the avian flu to hit the state was confirmed at a commercial poultry flock in Cache County earlier this month – resulting in the killing of nearly two ...

(Bloomberg) -- A pig tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu for the first time in the US, government officials said, a feared development that could help the virus further evolve and put humans at ...

The first detection of H5N1 bird flu in US swine has been reported on an Oregon backyard farm, raising concerns about potential human infection. The USDA assures low public health risk and no ...

CHICAGO - H5N1 bird flu was confirmed in a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the virus in swine in the country, the US Department of Agriculture said on Oct 30. Pigs ...

Swine are considered by health officials to be efficient influenza mixing bowls. The infected pig was not destined for commerical food production and federal officials say there is no concern ...