The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has ended its emergency response to the H5N1 avian flu. A spokesperson ...

The CDC is ending its emergency response to bird flu, citing a significant drop in cases between February and July.

Avian influenza has raged through Michigan's bird population for two years, forcing commercial farmers and people with backyard coops to kill nearly 6.8 million infected chickens and turkeys ...

Most human cases of bird flu in the U.S. have been mild so far, and most had known exposure to sick or infected animals. Avian influenza A viruses are very different from human seasonal influenza ...

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 – commonly known as “bird flu”- has experts concerned. But should individuals be worried? Can humans get the bird flu? Such infections are “rare,” according to the ...

A Texas dairy worker has tested positive for the avian flu, marking the first identified human case of an illness in the U.S. that has sickened cattle across several states over the past few weeks.

Fears that humans may someday catch avian flu have heightened as the virus been contracted by mammals, the USDA announced. Three states — Washington, Montana, and Kentucky — have reported ...

Varying types of avian influenza, the bird flu virus, have been found in humans across the globe this year. Public health officials are paying close attention to the spread of the flu.

First human case of avian flu in the U.S. reported in Colorado The patient, an inmate in a pre-release program, was involved in culling poultry presumptively infected with H5N1 bird flu at a farm.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Avian flu is highly contagious, can be lethal, and it has the potential to spread to humans. A third person in the U.S. has tested positive for the virus this year in connection ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it has ended its emergency response to H5N1 bird flu, citing a drop in ...