Most of Trump’s health picks are uninterested in using most of the tools that can limit the spread of infectious disease.

When H5N1 first came to the attention of infectious disease professionals 20 years ago, there was concern it could mutate and ...

H5N1 vaccines have been previously licensed, and millions are in the national stockpile. But even with the news of the country’s first human death due to bird flu, vaccination isn’t yet recommended.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there have been 67 confirmed human cases of H5N1 bird flu ...

That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and ...

At least four cattle herds in Nevada have tested positive for a strain of H5N1 bird flu never before seen in cows, state ...

In this week’s roundup, catch up on the spread of bird flu in the U.S., a tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas and lessons from fossilized vomit. The U.S. government lost control of the bird flu ...

A subtype of bird flu caused by avian influenza A (H5) virus has been spreading worldwide in wild birds with a few outbreaks in poultry, dairy cows and other mammals across the United States ...

This latest outbreak is part of a broader epizootic that has swept across the United States, affecting not only poultry but ...

Avian influenza, or “bird flu,” is a disease caused by influenza A viruses that spread widely among wild birds, and can cause outbreaks in commercial and backyard poultry flocks. Though there are many ...