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

The Hawaii Department of Health detected very low levels of H5 avian influenza (bird flu) in samples from the Lihue ...

The virus impacts milk production and poses significant risks to other bird species, particularly domestic poultry as well as ...

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

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) maintains that the virus that sickened the Louisiana patient matched a ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Friday it will award $306 million in additional funding to monitor ...

Each detection was “so low that it was not considered a positive result,” adding that “the consistent very low-level ...

H5N1 - has led to the first known casualty. While there is no known cure, the CDC does recommend methods to protect yourself.

Concerns about the dangers of bird flu are growing Tuesday after the first reported death in Louisiana from the virus.

Shannon Marvel McNaught / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Many birds that catch avian influenza are often humanely euthanized since there is no known cure or treatment for the disease in animals.

As bird flu cases crop up across the country, here's what a food safety expert wants you to know about getting the virus from eggs, poultry, and dairy products.