A bird flu virus has jumped one species closer to a human outbreak. The H5N1 bird flu was detected in a pig in Oregon, the ...

Oregon state and federal officials are investigating positive H5N1 bird flu cases at a farm after the virus was detected in a ...

A strain of H5N1 avian influenza virus found in a Texas dairy worker who was infected this spring was able to spread among ...

H5N1 bird flu-infected poultry found on a small American non-commercial farm. Although the pigs appeared to be healthy, a nasal swab from one of them was found to contain H5N1.

H5N1 is a type of influenza that’s rare in humans but is highly contagious and deadly in several species of animals, ...

The USDA is set to begin testing bulk raw milk for bird flu contamination in an effort to control the rapid spread of the virus. In addition to more ...

H5N1 bird flu virus has been detected in wastewater collected from a plant in Carson. L.A. County public health officials say the risk to the public remains low. The source of the virus has not ...

The doctor echoed Siegel’s concern that swine are a known "mixing vessel" for influenza A viruses, "as they are able to be infected by avian and human influenza virus strains." "If H5N1 ...

H5N1 virus, isolated from the eye of a farm worker who became infected through contact with dairy cows, was lethal in mice and ferrets infected in a high-containment laboratory environment, according ...

A strain of H5N1 avian influenza virus found in a Texas dairy worker who was infected this spring was able to spread among ferrets through the air, although inefficiently, and killed 100% of infected ...