Most of the UK has been placed under an avian influenza prevention zone after cases show no sign of stopping. The new zone to ...

President Trump ordered a “blackout” for federal health agencies, which bans them from publishing external communication, but ...

The CDC and MDH are advising health care providers to order further laboratory testing on positive influenza A specimens ...

Large-scale mortality among snow geese has led the Pennsylvania Game Commission to declare Lehigh Valley the epicenter of a ...

As more cases of bird flu emerge across the country, public health leaders in New York City are watching warily -- and making ...

To learn more about the recent bird flu outbreaks, we spoke with Asha Shah, MD, director of infectious diseases and ...

In an abundance of caution, the CDC last week advised hospitals and labs to do faster flu testing to help identify possible ...

The first case of bird flu was confirmed in New Orleans last week after the H5N1 virus was detected in a house cat on Jan. 14, according to the United States Department of Agriculture.  The ...

Despite the havoc it is wreaking on the farm, health officials say the risk of the public getting sick is minimal.

A farm in Long Island, New York, is being forced to euthanize its flock of more than 100,000 ducks after health officials detected cases of bird flu.

A number of bird flu cases have been reported in the Chicago area in recent weeks, leading to many questions about how quickly the virus is spreading and how worried residents should be.

Bird flu, or avian influenza, primarily affects birds but there have been cases reported in humans as well. Unfortunately, a ...