But among the pirate life’s many perils, contracting and transmitting a deadly disease might be a new one. In a study ...

The H5N1 virus, initially restricted to Eurasia and Africa, has since spread to North and South America and even reached ...

A study out of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) has found that high-pathogenicity avian influenza virus (HPAIV) H5N1 ...

Bird flu typically spreads among birds, but there have been recent outbreaks among cattle in the U.S., and one Texas man ...

A patient in Missouri who was hospitalized after an infection with bird flu had the H5N1 strain of the virus, the US Centers ...

Genetic analysis of a bird flu virus detected in a person in Missouri who didn’t previously have contact with animals offers ...

Research led by scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) suggests that many people already have immune cells on ...

If seabirds can catch avian flu by stealing food from infectious birds, it gives scientists a clue where to monitor for outbreaks among these vulnerable birds.

A person hospitalized with bird flu is the first human case detected in the United States without any known animal exposure, ...

The deadly bird flu virus, H5N1, has been detected in the wastewater of 10 Texas cities, signaling a silent spread that could ...

Just how deadly is the H5N1 avian flu? The virus, which is currently sweeping through U.S. dairy herds, rarely jumps to human ...

A Missouri resident has developed bird flu, despite having no known contact with any infected animals or humans.