Health officials began providing the safety gear long before the first human case in California was announced in October.

Although California dairy farmers anticipated a bird flu mortality rate of less than 2%, some say between 10% and 15% of ...

A teenager has been left in critical condition after contracting the first presumptive human case of avian influenza in Canada. Expert Sam Scarpino discusses the health risk and potential for spread.

The H5N1 strain of avian flu is now passing easily among South America's elephant seals and drastically cutting herd ...

As H5N1 bird flu continues to spread around the US, health officials recently found that 7 percent of dairy workers tested on farms in two states had evidence of recent infection — and some had signs ...

There’s a new push from the CDC to test more workers who have come into contact with infected cattle and birds. That comes as ...

Almost from the beginning of the spread of H5N1 bird flu among farms and ranches in the U.S. earlier this year, experts and ...

USDA both regulating and promoting livestock industries – prevents appropriate responses to outbreaks of infectious disease.

As avian flu spreads in California dairies, new CDC study finds evidence of prior infection in people who felt healthy.

A Canadian teen who is in critical condition after contracting H5N1 bird flu was infected with a version of the virus that is different from the one circulating in U.S. cattle.

Avian flu typically spreads between wild and domestic birds but can spread to other animals and people. There have now been ...

A person has tested positive in British Columbia, Canadian health officials said, though the results must be sent to another ...