The mandatory testing comes as the total number of infected herds in California has risen to 17. Nationally, officials have ...

Dhillon is an instructor in the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

Researchers reveal how H5N1 viruses rapidly adapted to mammals through genetic reassortment and specific mutations, raising ...

A new strain of bird flu threatens to be Australia’s biggest ecological disaster, decimating native birds as well as mammals ...

Experts call for greater testing of contacts of a person who was infected with the H5N1 bird flu strain before the virus ...

Research indicates that the food-stealing behavior of some seabirds may be a key factor in the spread of the lethal H5N1 bird ...

The bird flu may be entering a dangerous new phase. The risk that any given person will be sickened or die remains low, but ...

Scientists warn that the current global strategies to control bird flu are failing, potentially paving the way for another ...

What is known so far about the human cases of bird flu in the U.S. is enough to worry those who spend their professional days ...

H5N1 bird flu virus evolves, posing a threat to mammals and humans. Better surveillance, data collection, and vaccines are ...

Milking procedures are likely to be the primary routes of H5N1 influenza virus transmission between dairy cows, suggests a ...

A review of sustained mammal-to-mammal bird flu transmission in diverse species, led by The Pirbright Institute, shows global ...