It istime to take a hard look at the food production system that puts farm workers in close contact with sick cows and birds, ...

Efforts to contain the virus are falling short. A teenager in Canada is in critical condition after an unexplained infection.

Why now: With reservoirs of virus persisting in dairy cattle, poultry and wild birds, there are ample opportunities for ...

The avian flu virus isolated from a hospitalized teenager in Vancouver has mutations in key areas that could help the virus ...

California health officials have issued another warning and recall for unpasteurized milk from Raw Farm LLC because a second ...

New Zealand has placed strict movement controls on a commercial egg farm in the southern region of Otago after testing ...

Canada has also just reported its first known case of bird flu in humans, a teenager who is currently in a critical condition ...

In an indication that the bird flu outbreak is "headed in the wrong direction," sequencing of the virus that has stricken a ...

A Seattle-based virology expert weighs-in on human-to-human spread and why animal farm workers should be vigilant.

In a development that health experts have warned might come, Canadian officials report that the bird flu virus isolate ...

A small but growing number of H5N1 avian influenza infections have been detected in humans around the world in recent years, Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO epidemic and pandemic preparedness and ...

Cases of bird flu across the globe are being closely watched by scientists who are looking for any signs that this type of influenza virus could turn into a more serious threat to humans.