As Ohio leads the country in bird flu cases, there are steps residents can take to help protect themselves, keep their pets ...

A case of bird flu in a wild goose was detected this week in Boulder County, officials said, adding the detection was a good ...

The plucking has been shown to aerosolize virus from the feathers. Or birds poop in crowded markets. And there may be fans or air currents in the markets that move that airborne virus around.

Wild birds can transmit the virus to poultry, farm animals and backyard flocks through respiratory secretions, droppings or shared water. Dr. Binnicker says most cases of infection in humans are ...

“This type of prevention can be very useful in controlling infection outbreaks and containing the bird flu pandemic,” said co-corresponding author Douglas Reed, Ph.D., associate professor of ...

Sometimes a chalazion can be confused with a stye. Chalazia are painless, not caused by an infection, and form in the eyelid. Styes are tender or painful, caused by an acute bacterial infection, and ...

"That concern also includes the potential for the mutation of the virus among healthy birds.... an infection in birds could be a precursor to a human flu pandemic. Regardless of how likely that is ...

Fox kits also have been reported to have neurologic symptoms when they get H5N1 infections, including tremors, blindness and lethargy, before they die. The H5N1 bird flu now circulating in the U.S ...

Symptoms vary, depending on the type of bird flu virus that caused the infection. The H5N1 bird flu now circulating in the U.S. has caused mostly mild symptoms in the 67 people who've had known ...