Mexico has detected its first human case of H5N1 avian influenza, also known as bird flu, the health ministry said on Friday.
When a disease-causing pathogen such as a flu virus is already adapted to infect a particular animal species, it may ...
One year ago, the first bird flu infection in a human in the United States was reported in a Texas dairy worker. There have ...
Centre says human-to-human transmission of H5N1 virus is uncommon, but a national joint outbreak response team has been ...
Recent viral mutations have shown avian influenza’s adaptability to mammalian hosts, prompting infectious disease, animal ...
H5N1 avian influenza struck more than 400,000 birds in Missouri, making it the second-highest state for affected flocks at ...
Highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has increasingly spread to mammals and infected hundreds of ...
The 114 commercial outbreaks in South Dakota have led to the death or intentional killing of more than 6 million turkeys, ...
House Democrats are investigating Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over his bird flu response, which ...
A virus like avian influenza is carried by birds, but it can "jump" species and infect livestock such as dairy or sheep or even pets like dogs and cats. And most, if not all, human pandemic ...
The viruses that cause avian influenza are potential threats to global health. Recent animal outbreaks from a subtype called H5N1 have been especially troubling to scientists. Although human ...
Mexico has reported its first human case of H5N1 avian influenza. A three-year-old girl in Durango is critically ill with the virus. Despite concerns, WHO states low public risk. The aggressive H5N1 ...