Seven people fell ill with flu-like symptoms after contact with someone infected with H5N1, raising fears that the virus has ...

Germany reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu on a farm in the eastern region of Saxony near the border ...

"Even sporadic cases of human-to-human transmission indicate a big change in the virus and suggest it is exploring new ...

In the absence of PCR testing, infectious disease experts and epidemiologists are anxiously awaiting serology results from ...

The latest developments are highly concerning, as they raise the possibility that the H5N1 virus has evolved the ability to ...

Dhillon is an instructor in the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

Researchers reveal how H5N1 viruses rapidly adapted to mammals through genetic reassortment and specific mutations, raising ...

The mandatory testing comes as the total number of infected herds in California has risen to 17. Nationally, officials have ...

Research indicates that the food-stealing behavior of some seabirds may be a key factor in the spread of the lethal H5N1 bird ...

Australia is recovering from a devastating outbreak of avian influenza, but the worst is yet to come. Experts say it's only a matter of time until a strain already wreaking havoc overseas lands on our ...

A new strain of bird flu threatens to be Australia’s biggest ecological disaster, decimating native birds as well as mammals ...

Germany reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu on a farm in the eastern region of Saxony near the border ...