The once-humble staple has become the ultimate symbol of human consumption.

The Department of Health and Human Services plans to cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines being developed to ...

A Stanford-led study found that children facing a rare, deadly flu complication involving brain swelling and runaway immune responses may have better chances of recovery with rapid, targeted care—and ...

More than a month has passed since highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was last detected in a poultry flock in the ...

They found: 84% were aware bird flu was detected in Hawaii. 72% were very or somewhat concerned. 65% of backyard flock owners were not familiar with prevention. 2/3 were unaware of safe disposal.

BUCKEYE, Ariz. — The largest egg producer in Arizona is bringing in new chickens for the first time since the farm was devastated by bird flu. To see them, though, is no small feat. Hickman's family ...

New study using ferrets, closest animal model for human flu, found influenza A infection, H1N1 in particular, may boost immunity to avian flu.

Bird flu fears have focused on the poultry and dairy industries and human health. But wild animals are threatened, too—at ...

Bird flu was nearly everywhere in the U.S.—in chickens, cows, pet cats and even humans. Cases have gone down, but experts ...

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. The ...

Influenza viruses are shifty entities. A seemingly ingenious and sneaky way for viruses to make these leaps is by swapping genetic material with other flu strains. Called reassortment, this ...