The virus was reported in a commercial flock of ducks. It’s the first time the subtype has been detected in the United States.

Are eggs safe to eat amid the current avian flu outbreak? Have people in the U.S. contracted bird flu? We VERIFY the answers to common questions.

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State agencies are issuing avian influenza (HPAI) precautions after detection of the virus in locations they manage. Although ...

Local hospitals are now being urged by the CDC to be on the lookout for avian influenza among patients. When children are ...

Ohio is leading the nation with bird flu cases in poultry. What does this mean for egg prices, and can you raise your own ...

Scientists are concerned that bird flu may eventually mutate so that it can readily spread among people – something it cannot ...

The humble egg, one of nature’s perfect foods, a self-packaged, relatively inexpensive source of protein that can serve as a ...

H5N1 was first identified as an avian flu strain that could infect humans in 1997 and has since claimed hundreds of lives.

A strain of bird flu known to infect humans, H5N1, has been confirmed in recent outbreaks across Scotland and England. The ...

Kennedy is nominated to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, a position that would give him enormous control ...