Seasonal influenza vaccines triggered protective immune responses against the H5N1 avian influenza virus primarily in younger ...

As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains, bird flu is a disease caused by the influenza A virus. At ...

Medical experts advise that people should get a vaccine for the bird flu when it becomes commercially available. One doctor ...

An infectious disease expert says the relatively mild cases of avian influenza detected so far among dairy workers don’t ...

Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo announced the death of a Harbor Seal and a Chilean Flamingo as a result of the Avian Influenza, a highly pathogenic disease in free-ranging waterfowls.

Current strains of bird flu are “poorly suited for pandemic potential,” said Dr. Shira Doron, a Tufts Medicine infectious ...

Transmission has largely been documented in poultry. While hummingbirds are likely safe, bird feeders could attract infected ...

The Kano State Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources has assured the public of ongoing efforts to monitor potential ...

A Harbor Seal and Chilean Flamingo at the Lincoln Park Zoo died as a result of avian influenza last week, zoo officials ...

A harbor seal and a Chilean flamingo died from the bird flu this month at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, officials said.

The Chilean flamingo, named Teal, hatched last fall and died Jan. 8. The 7-year-old harbor seal, named Slater, died the next ...

Health officials say the consistent, very low-level detections indicate a high likelihood that H5 bird flu virus is on Kauai.