In an abundance of caution, the CDC last week advised hospitals and labs to do faster flu testing to help identify possible bird flu cases hiding in the flock of rising flu diagnoses. The Centers for ...

A farm in Long Island, New York, is being forced to euthanize its flock of more than 100,000 ducks after health officials detected cases of bird flu.

The US Department of HHS is awarding the pharmaceutical company Moderna $590 million to continue developing a vaccine to protect against bird flu.

California has also reported bird flu infections in cats fed raw milk or pet food. In one Los Angeles household, five cats got sick — and two died — after eating two kinds of raw pet food. Samples ...

Bird flu, or avian influenza, primarily affects birds but there have been cases reported in humans as well. Unfortunately, a patient recently died from severe avian influenza A (H5N1), marking the ...

As avian flu outbreaks continue to hit US poultry farm s and backyard flocks, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal ...

H5N1 vaccines have been previously licensed, and millions are in the national stockpile. But even with the news of the ...

An outbreak of avian influenza at Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue has forced the farm to cease operations and begin to ...

In a press release issued on Jan 15., the San Antonio-based research team said mutation was more possible in humans.

The US CDC confirmed another case of avian influenza A(H5N1), or bird flu, in California, bringing the nationwide total of cases to 67.

San Francisco confirmed that a child in the city became the first case of H5N1. A panel of biotech leaders discussed what ...

Joining us for this episode of Managed Care Cast is Robert H. Hopkins Jr, MD, medical director at the National Foundation for ...