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.

Pending confirmatory testing, this would mark Woodland Park Zoo’s first case of bird flu, a viral infection carried by wild ...

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO @STARADVERTISER.COM State Epidemiologist Dr. Sarah Kemble said Thursday that the state Department of Health is not yet able to determine whether the specimen collected last week ...

Canadian officials have announced that a teenager in British Columbia has been hospitalized in critical condition with what is believed to be bird flu.

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

There have been dozens of confirmed human cases of bird flu in the U.S. this year. Experts discuss the symptoms, risks and ...

SONOMA COUNTY, CA — Health care personnel in Sonoma County must wear a mask when in patient care areas starting Monday under ...

In hospitalized patients, eosinophil levels positively correlated with antibiotic use, systemic inflammation, and worsened ...

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

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local ...

Wastewater in several Californian cities, including San Francisco and Los Angeles, recently tested positive for bird flu. But ...