Bacteriologist and parasitologist Michelle Jakaitis uses a microscope to view a training sample of veligers, which are the ...

Avian influenza is a contagious viral infection that mainly affects birds. On occasion, avian influenza can infect humans and other mammals.   Avian influenza (AI) A (H5N1) is an influenza virus that ...

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

Bhubaneswar: Nandankanan Zoological Park has implemented comprehensive bio-security measures to protect its bird species ...

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

Members stated, “avian flu is dangerous and uncontrolled. Instead of moving forward with promising vaccines, however, your department has endorsed unorthodox and untested strategies to contain ...

The fatality rate for H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza in humans historically has been high, with more than half of people dying. Why, then, is the current H5N1 bird flu outbreak — which has ...

Is bird flu actually a threat to your cat? Bird flu can spread to cats and other domestic pets through a variety of ways, ...

The H5N1 avian flu is circulating in cows and other mammals. Whether it will make a permanent leap to humans is another ...

For months, bird flu was seemingly everywhere in the U.S.: news headlines reported the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus was rapidly sweeping through hundreds of herds of dairy cattle ...

As bird flu evolves, keeping it out of farm flocks is getting harder New versions of the H5N1 virus are increasingly adept at spreading ...

Chickens are highly susceptible to avian flu, but a few precautions can keep them and their humans safe.