Bird flu is widespread in wild birds worldwide and is causing outbreaks in poultry and dairy cows with several recent human cases.

When it comes to the potential of H5N1 avian flu, otherwise known as bird flu, picking up mutations that may lead to human-to ...

UC San Francisco's Rais Vohra, MD, explains recent increase in reported virus infections and the risks of consuming raw cow’s milk.

As deadly strain infects livestock and humans, members of Congress push for urgent transparency and stronger public health measures ...

Amid concerns about avian flu, officials and wildlife rehabilitators on Cape Cod are monitoring rising cases of dead and sick ...

The strain of bird flu is distinct from what has previously been found in dairy cattle. The finding means the virus has again spilled over from birds to cows, and it raises some worrying questions.

In the U.S. public health system, local and state health departments collect and own the data rather than the federal ...

The finding indicates that the virus, known as H5N1, has spilled from birds into cows at least twice — leading to these two ...

Bird flu has decimated poultry flocks and infected cattle herds. The risk to humans is currently low, but that could easily ...

State officials say the highly pathogenic avian influenza – more commonly known as bird flu – is widespread in much of the ...