Bird flu H5N1 has infected dozens of people in the U.S. this year. Could it be the next pandemic? Experts explain the threat ...

Researchers have identified new roles for a protein long known to protect against severe flu infection -- among them, raising the minimum number of viral particles needed to cause sickness.

People have been hearing a lot about H5N1 bird flu — or highly pathogenic avian influenza — since a B.C. teen became the ...

Farm Forward Executive Director Andrew deCoriolis shares insight into how bird flu reaches humans and companion animals.

A teenager in British Columbia is critically ill with Canada's first case of the H5N1 bird flu strain. While the virus has ...

With 46 U.S. cases and alarming signs of the virus crossing species, experts warn of unpredictable risks if human-to-human ...

Some rural Kansas counties are offering free flu vaccines targeting farm workers amid an ongoing nationwide bird flu outbreak ...

“CDC is working with pharmacy networks eTrueNorth and Walgreens on a pilot program to provide free testing of symptomatic ...