Health officials are making a renewed call for vigilance against bird flu, but some experts are puzzling over why reports of ...

During a call with U.S. doctors this month, one CDC official noted that there is a seasonality to bird flu: Cases peak in the ...

Brazil, the world's largest chicken exporter, on Friday reported its first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza - also ...

It's spring, the birds are migrating and bird flu (H5N1) is rapidly evolving into the possibility of a human pandemic.

The most recent infections confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were in early February.

Despite their propensity for catching bird flu, cats are not actively monitored for the disease and any testing typically ...

How dangerous is it? Where did it come from? H5N1 influenza’s origins stretch back to the 1990s, and key events paved the way ...

Scientists warn that bird flu infections in household pets could create new pathway for human transmission after cases spiked ...

A major study warns that cats need to be monitored more closely as bird flu-carrying birds migrate across the world and pose a greater threat of human-to-human transmission. In recent years ...

A 2009 Danish study found that men and women whose thighs had a circumference of less than 23.6 inches had a higher risk of developing heart disease and premature death. The association was ...