A case of bird flu in a Missouri resident is the only diagnosis in the United States this year where the person did not have contact with infected dairy cattle or poultry (Stephen Ausmus/Animal ...

New computational modeling of avian influenza variants' immunoprotein interactions—developed by a research team at the ...

Following the first human death from the H5N5 strain of bird flu, experts are warning the virus, of which a number of strains ...

As spring weather sets in, fears of a bird flu pandemic have not materialized, and there is less cause for worry than there was in the winter. Experts say the short-term risk of a pandemic is low, but ...

Human protection against bird flu may be easier than scientists previously thought, thanks to new findings about the core genetic makeup of the virus and one particular T cell that all of us have in ...

Three state agencies remain on alert after a third presumptive case of avian influenza — or bird flu — was found in a wild ...

The bird flu (avian H5N1 influenza) has been circulating widely in cattle and other mammals. Many researchers note that there is a risk of a human pandemic. Some studies suggest that older humans are ...

A Hawaiian Monk Seal swims in the pool for enrichment after receiving a bird flu vaccine at Ke Kai Ola, the Marine Mammal ...

When it comes to the potential of H5N1 avian flu, otherwise known as bird flu, picking up mutations that might lead to human-to-human spread, that "train has already left the station," warns one ...

An infectious disease expert says the relatively mild cases of avian influenza detected so far among dairy workers don’t warrant making a vaccine available to them, even as they work to contain and ...