State agriculture officials announced this week that the highly pathogenic H5 avian influenza, known as bird flu, was ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza was detected in a backyard flock in Ottawa County, the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development announced Tuesday.

As the highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak continues, university experts work to develop edible vaccines to protect ...

Bird flu, primarily affecting wild birds and poultry, can rarely infect pets like cats and pet birds, especially if they come ...

Prior seasonal influenza virus immunity did not impair antibody responses or protection conferred by the intranasal H5N1 vaccine.

The concern with the bird flu is that it could have any or both of two mutations. The first would allow easier transmission to humans or other mammals and the second would enable it to become more ...

State agriculture officials say bird flu has been detected in a commercial flock in Kent County, Delaware. The affected birds will not enter the food supply, officials say. U-Va. board leaders resign ...