H5N1 avian influenza has long been a concerning virus. Since its discovery in 1996 in waterfowl, bird flu has occasionally ...

The H5N1 avian flu is circulating in cows and other mammals. Whether it will make a permanent leap to humans is another ...

Public health experts have long warned that avian flu poses a significant pandemic threat to humans, and the number of infections among dairy workers in California continues to grow.

From the outset of the Trump administration, bird flu, or H5N1 avian influenza, has flown rather conspicuously — and in fact ...

Avian flu killed or led to the deaths of 470 domestic birds at a live bird market in Onondaga County in March, according to ...

She added that human avian flu is not new. It has been around globally for more for than 20 years with sporadic human cases. “I am reassured that in the last 20 years we have not seen very many ...

In 1997, avian influenza virus (H5N1) caused severe human disease in Hong Kong. One of 9 infected children and 5 of 9 infected adults died.

What are symptoms of avian flu? According to the CDC, avian flu symptoms in humans can include: Eye redness; Mild flu-like upper respiratory symptoms; Pneumonia requiring hospitalization; Fever; Cough ...

Purdue University researchers now have developed an innovative, paper-based diagnostic test for rapidly detecting avian ...

In humans, there was one genetic change — a mutation called PB2 E67K — that has a known link to virus adaptation to mammalian hosts. Scientists emphasized that this hasn’t been linked to ...