The US should worry about the avian flu 'because it could be another pandemic', an infectious diseases expert said.

As more humans become infected by H5N1 bird flu, experts worry of a new pandemic with 70 human cases in the U.S. including 1 ...

More U.S. children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine flu pandemic 15 years ago, according to a ...

Public health experts share concerns that the H5N1 bird flu outbreak could turn into a pandemic. What to know after Louisiana ...

H5N1 is a highly contagious strain of avian influenza A that primarily affects birds. It has circulated for years, but a more ...

Currently, the CDC is utilizing flu surveillance systems to monitor avian influenza in people. Experts are now warning that the circulation of avian influenza within mammals increases the risk of ...

Does avian influenza affect wild birds? Find out if you need to take down bird feeders. Plus learn the risk to backyard ...

There are several subtypes of avian flu. The one that poses the highest risk currently is the H5N1 virus. According to the CDC, the term "fowl plague" was first used in 1878 in Europe, but it is ...

Scientist and doctors from around the world are raising warning flags about the bird flu that has decimated poultry population in the U.S.

The avian flu has not spread from human to human but ... according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). There is no known person-to-person spread and the US’s national ...

While the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) currently considers the ... “The recent emergence of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus infections in dairy cows and ...