H5N1 avian influenza has long been a concerning virus. Since its discovery in 1996 in waterfowl, bird flu has occasionally caused isolated human cases that have quite often been fatal. But ...

Birds must be kept indoors in Wales following a sharp rise in avian flu. The Welsh government has said the country is facing ...

The avian flu is devastating marine mammal populations. A new survey finds that nearly half of breeding females in the world's largest population of southern elephant seals were killed by the virus.

Workers who are in frequent contact with potentially sick animals are at high risk of bird flu infection. Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images Disease forecasts are like weather forecasts: We cannot ...

People have been warned not to touch dead or sick birds after a case of avian flu was confirmed in Nottinghamshire. The disease was found in a wild whooper swan in Shelford, according to ...

MANHATTAN, Kansas (AP) – A Kansas State University researcher says a strain of avian influenza found in Kansas is no threat to humans. Associate professor Scott Beyer says the H5N2 strain is ...