Current strains of bird flu are “poorly suited for pandemic potential,” said Dr. Shira Doron, a Tufts Medicine infectious ...

The bird flu virus circulating among cows, poultry and wild birds isn't yet a threat to the general public, but experts say ...

Samples taken from the first patient who died from bird flu show that a strain of the virus has “mutated” to infect humans ...

The nation's first human death due to the bird flu occurred this month, the latest development in a global outbreak that, ...

The first person in the U.S. just died from a strain of the virus in Louisiana, but there’s still some simple ways to stay ...

Officials say the risk is generally low but urged Americans to take precautions while health experts closely monitor the ...

A California man says his two cats died and a third was hospitalized after he fed them raw milk recalled for bird flu risk.

The bird flu, also known as avian influenza and H5N1, was implicated in the first human death from the infectious disease on ...

Transmission has largely been documented in poultry. While hummingbirds are likely safe, bird feeders could attract infected ...

The first severe human case of bird flu was recently reported in the U.S. Here are some ways the U.S. may be repeating the ...

Health officials have identified another possible case of bird flu in a child — this time in San Francisco. The San Francisco ...

While the risk of a domesticated cat getting infected is small, veterinarians say to keep it indoors and avoid feeding it raw ...