The progression of the species-jumping disease has been unprecedented, including the first-ever U.S. cases of infections in ...

It's also spread through contact with contaminated surfaces. There are two types of H5N1: Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza and ...

Bird flu is now believed to be widespread in Massachusetts and is likely present even in places where there has not been a ...

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

A new antibody therapy effectively protects monkeys from severe H5N1 avian flu, offering hope for a universal flu vaccine and ...

Sales and markets with live poultry can resume in Georgia after state officials lifted restrictions that had been in place since a pair of bird flu detections last month.

There are two types of H5N1: Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza and Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza. Georgia's cases were the latter. It causes severe disease and high mortality in infected poultry.

The California duck farm's strain of H5N9 is different from those earlier cases because this time it is closely related to a ...

Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Washington and British Columbia, Canada. There also is evidence ferrets get extremely sick from H5N1 bird flu, and can die ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Waffle House restaurant chain is putting a 50 cent per egg surcharge in place temporarily due to the ...

HealthDay News — For the first time, bird flu has been detected in a commercial poultry flock in Georgia. The case — confirmed in Elbert County by the Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDA) and the U ...

The Georgia Department of Agriculture ... avoid direct contact with wild birds and other potentially infected animals. Mild symptoms of H5N1 bird flu infection – what most persons who get infected ...