Avian flu is a common illness among birds, but it can spread to humans and other mammals. The virus is shed through ...

"The Chinese poultry lineage may have experienced more vaccine-driven selection compared to other lineages," the researchers ...

The first two cases of bird flu on the University of Massachusetts campus were discovered over the weekend when two deceased ...

When a pathogen — any organism that causes a disease — jumps species, scientists get nervous because its genetic makeup can ...

Seven Delmarva-region commercial operations have now reported cases of the highly contagious virus.

A patient in Louisiana has died from avian influenza in what authorities consider to be the first severe H5N1 infection in a ...