Headlines as of late have sounded alarms about the spread of the avian flu, known more colloquially as the bird flu. Over the last year, a highly pathogenic avian influenza, A(H5N1), has ...

Bird flu has ripped through the animal kingdom for the past few years now, killing countless birds and crossing into an alarming number of mammals. Yet people remain largely untouched. Even though ...

So far, 70 human cases have been confirmed, according to the CDC. Bird flu is continuing to spread in animals across the United States more than a year after the first human case was detected.

As the H5N1 bird flu virus mutates and rapidly spreads through American cattle herds — a first for the U.S. — doctors and veterinarians are fearful that if the virus is left unchecked ...

In Arizona, state lawmakers are considering a proposal to repeal a similar rule that was already delayed due to bird flu, said Patrick Bray, executive vice president of the Arizona Farm and Ranch ...

Scientists have been keeping an eye on bird flu ever since it was first discovered nearly 30 years ago. Experts have long recognized that the H5N1 virus that causes the disease has pandemic ...

Bird flu outbreaks have forced tens of millions of chickens to be culled across nine states over the past year as more hotspots continue to emerge. So far, the Department of Agriculture has ...

A new bird flu outbreak has been confirmed as the virus continues to spread across the U.S. The deadly H7N9 strain was detected on a poultry farm in Noxubee, Mississippi, last week, for the first ...