The US just recorded the first death from severe bird flu. Experts say it's not too early, or unreasonable, to prepare for ...

The spread of H5N1 into new species alarms researchers who say it could reassort in a new species, like pigs, leading to more ...

H5N1 avian influenza continues to spread amid commercial and backyard poultry, and additional cases have been reported in ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are monitoring the bird flu situation in the United States. Here's what to ...

All poultry activities have been suspended in Georgia after bird flu was confirmed in a commercial poultry operation, ...

Medical experts advise that people should get a vaccine for the bird flu when it becomes commercially available. One doctor said the most at-risk patients should be first.

But while the current risk from our fuzzy feline friends is considered very low, public health officials nonetheless have ...

The Free Press interviewed Dr. Kimberly Dodd, the dean of the MSU College of Veterinary Medicine, about efforts to tame the ...

For example, bird flu was detected in pigs for the first time late last year. “In poultry populations, when you are constantly introducing new susceptible individuals, it allows these viruses to ...

It is possible that horses were forced to feed on the carcasses of dead birds, the natural carriers of H5N1, as much of Mongolia’s grazing land was frozen over. Though horses are herbivores, they will ...