Although human-to-human transmission has not been confirmed in this case, H5N1 remains a latent threat, raising alarms in the ...

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, more commonly known as H5N1 or bird flu, claimed its first human victim in the United States earlier this month. In the past year, it's resulted in the deaths of ...

Here's what you need to know about the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, and what bird flu might mean to you, your ...

Health officials urged people to identify avian flu symptoms early and properly cook chicken and eggs to limit risk of infections.

A patient over 65 years old in Louisiana became the first human US victim of the bird flu epidemic ... and the CDC has warned that the avian influenza virus has mutated into H5N1, which may ...

The deaths of two snowy owls, one in RI and one in Massachusetts, has saddened bird watchers and left some wondering if they ...

Massachusetts officials announced Wednesday that bird flu is now considered to be “widespread” in the state and urged the ...

The risk of bird flu to humans is low, but eating undercooked eggs or chicken could increase your chances of exposure to infection and germs.

Clusters of birds were found dead at Billington Sea in Plymouth, and officials suspect an outbreak of avian flu to be the ...

MANSFIELD, Ohio -- With 67 human cases of avian flu now confirmed in the United States ... By contrast, smallpox killed one in five of its victims through the 1700s, while yellow fever ...

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.

New details emerge about the B.C. teen who became the first Canadian to get critically ill from bird flu. B.C. health officials refused to say much about the case, citing privacy laws. But as Emily ...