The Health Service Executive (HSE) is advising the public not to touch or handle any sick or dead wild birds, because of the ...

The first UK study to monitor antimicrobial resistance and influenza viruses in water bodies has revealed that 92% of samples contained genes for resistance to colistin, an antibiotic of last resort.

He took on some of the world’s most challenging health crises in troubled areas, skillfully coordinating global efforts to ...

His bill would let huge corporate agricultural interests — like China-owned Smithfield Food — outcompete most small farmers.

It has been confirmed that avian influenza has been detected in a small backyard flock in Co Donegal. A bird from a very small backyard flock in Co Donegal has tested positive for the H5N1 highly ...

An avian influenza pandemic remains within the realm of possibility. To reduce the risk, we need to engage in a One Health ...

The threat of another influenza pandemic arising from bird-to-human and then human-to-human transmission drives continuing efforts to develop effective vaccines against avian influenza. In the latest ...

A bird flu surveillance zone is in place over parts of Somerset and Devon as the UK government confirms cases of the disease ...

Erik Karlsson, PhD, of the National Influenza Center and Pasteur Institute in Cambodia, posted about the infection on social ...

Avian influenza virus from the ongoing outbreak in dairy cattle appears to be keeping its bird-infecting features rather than ...

The HHS is betting $500 million on developing a universal flu vaccine that could protect against multiple flu strains.

Studies suggest that people who had seasonal flus or vaccinations have low antibody levels against H5N1 bird flu.