The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging health care workers to accelerate bird flu testing for patients ...

A California child was recently confirmed as the third human case of bird flu with a known source of infection. What could ...

The case of the Canadian teen and the death of a Louisiana man are stark reminders of bird flu’s capacity to ignite serious ...

The Wayne County case involves a backyard poultry flock, the press release said. That case was confirmed after an ...

Bird flu is a disease caused by avian influenza A viruses, according to the CDC. The virus mostly spreads between birds and ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says hospitals treating people for the flu should test them for avian ...

For the first time, birds in a Wayne County backyard flock have been sickened by the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza ...

Farmers, animal rescues and zookeepers in Rhode Island are taking precautions to protect animals, their workers and the ...

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HPAI, or bird flu, is “a highly contagious airborne respiratory virus that spreads easily among birds through nasal and eye ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is urging health care workers to accelerate bird flu testing ...

The first human death caused by H5N1 in the U.S. was reported in Louisiana on Jan. 6. Here's what to know about bird flu.