Galveston County health officials say local wild birds have tested positive for H5 avian influenza and are warning residents ...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a disaster proclamation Tuesday after a case of highly pathogenic avian influenza was detected in a commercial turkey flock in Hamilton County -- the state's ninth ...

A strain of bird flu never seen in humans has infected a Washington state resident and left the person hospitalized, state ...

The first human to have ever been infected with the H5N5 strain of bird flu has died, Washington state health officials ...

Although bird flu infections in humans remain rare, this case marks a significant development in flu surveillance in the U.S.

The move by U.S. health officials to start makinga vaccine against the new strain of bird flu is a good idea, regardless of whether the virus ultimately changes, as flu viruses often do, experts say.

While it remains seasonal in poultry, the disease is spreading in dairy cows and infecting hundreds of other ...

New research reveals that the bird flu viruses may be capable of replicating at temperatures higher than an average fever, a ...

To date, human infections have been rare and are typically linked to direct contact with animals. Sustained human-to-human transmission has not occurred, and health officials say the overall pandemic ...

A Washington state resident who was undergoing treatment for H5N5 avian influenza died on Friday, the Washington State Department of Health reported. | A Washington state resident who was undergoing ...

The person, who had been hospitalized in King County since early November, died on Nov. 21, health officials said.

Gov. Kim Reynolds' disaster proclamation for Hamilton County says the case was found on a "two-barn turkey site." ...