In recent months, bird flu has started raising red flags among scientists and public health officials. Apoorva Mandavilli, a New York Times reporter who covers infectious diseases, explains why we ...

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

A researcher at Brigham and Women’s Hospital said the bird flu virus needs to be taken seriously so it doesn’t become the ...

Bird flu, or avian influenza, primarily affects birds but there have been cases reported in humans as well. Unfortunately, a patient recently died from severe avian influenza A (H5N1), marking the ...

Avian flu is rampant in poultry farms and in wild birds in the U.S. Every mutation brings the virus one step closer to the ...

The CDC has revealed the red flags it is monitoring for that suggest that bird flu was about to become the world's next pandemic.

As cases of H5N1 bird ... flu if we have recieved a flu shot or been infected with seasonal influenza. More ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS H5N1 first gained attention in 1997 during an outbreak in ...

Over 100,000 birds were euthanized at a poultry farm on Long Island to prevent the spread of bird flu, FOX 5 NY's Jodi Goldberg confirmed.

The H5N1 virus, more commonly known as bird flu, has not spread to the Brazos Valley, but local experts at Texas A&M ...

The bird flu virus that brought a Canadian teen ... H5N1 has spread globally since the first human infection was reported in Hong Kong in 1997. More than 900 human cases in 24 countries have ...

McDonald’s Australia has cut breakfast service by 1-1/2 hours, the company said, after a shortage of eggs caused by bird flu outbreaks led to the slaughter of about 1.5 million chickens.

Public health officials are keeping a close eye on bird flu as outbreaks have been ... strain of influenza tied to poultry outbreaks in Hong Kong in 1997 that killed six people, said Dr. Jonathan ...