The appropriations bill allocates funding for the University of Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostics Lab to increase its testing ...

A team of Chilean scientists has sequenced the first complete genomes of the H5N1 avian influenza virus found in birds in ...

The H5N1 avian influenza virus can now be found not only in milk and on milking equipment but also in farm wastewater and in the air, say researchers who have been trying to figure out how the virus ...

Avian influenza is still a concern as fall migration begins, and people are advised to take precautions such as not touching ...

Uttarakhand health authorities have confirmed a bird flu, or H5N1 avian influenza, outbreak in two districts. While ...

Human mammary glands contain sugars that avian influenza can latch onto to infect cells, researchers report August 8 at medRxiv.org. The finding, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, raises the ...

Avian influenza, or bird flu, is highly infectious in birds and usually fatal. While it doesn't spread to humans nearly as much, it has a high fatality rate.

Avian influenza, or the bird flu, is an extremely infectious respiratory disease that affects all domestic poultry, including laying hens, broilers, and turkeys, as well as waterfowl and game birds.

The discovery could indicate a significant expansion of the virus into the continent that would put susceptible bird species ...

An uptick in the number of cases of avian influenza affecting the UK has prompted companies to stress the need for producers ...

Over the past two weeks, Great Britain is the only European country to have confirmed new outbreaks of highly pathogenic ...