Researchers at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have identified a few instances of asymptomatic human infection with avian influenza A (H5N1) virus. Subscribe to our ...

A 3-year-old girl in western Mexico has died after contracting bird flu in the country's first confirmed human case of the virus, Mexican health authorities said Tuesday. Mexico's Health Ministry ...

As cases of H5N1, also known as avian flu or bird flu, continue to surface across the U.S., safety precautions are ramping up. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on ...

As bird flu infections rise in dairy cattle and chickens, human cases are ticking up too, leaving many people to wonder whether they might be at risk from this recently arrived virus.Bird flu ...

Two people sharing a home caught the virus without known exposure to animals. More than 30 human cases have been reported in the United States. By Apoorva Mandavilli and Emily Anthes A Missouri ...

One year ago, a human infection of bird flu was reported in Texas. One year ago, the first bird flu infection in a human in the United States was reported in a Texas dairy worker, just weeks ...

The bird flu virus that is currently causing an outbreak in birds and cattle across the U.S. may be able to jump to humans via our cats. If the virus adapts to move swiftly between our furry friends ...