The US has already culled about 8 million birds since September, a slight increase from last year, government data showed.

DOMESTIC and wild birds and their products from Japan are temporarily banned entry following an outbreak of H5N1 High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI) or bird flu in Shiraoi, Hokkaido, the ...

Boffins have warned a pandemic may be about to turn our world upside down after common vampire bats were found with a ...

Researchers discovered why bird flu can survive temperatures that stop human flu in its tracks. A key gene, PB1, gives avian viruses the ability to replicate even at fever-level heat. Mice experiments ...

An unusually early outbreak of bird flu cases affecting high numbers of wild birds and poultry farms across Europe and North ...

It’s crucial that we monitor bird flu strains to help us prepare for potential outbreaks," said virologist Matt Turnbull.

The alerts concerned outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the Bangor Townland area of Northern Ireland, Miyazaki ...

Bird flu has been confirmed at three farms in Overijssel and Limburg, and one just across the border in Germany, the ...

H5N1 bird flu has infected growing numbers of people worldwide in recent years, but this week saw something new: the first ...

California could see an early and especially sharp start to the annual flu season, as a combination of low vaccination rates ...

Doctors report a rise in cases of Hong Kong flu — the A/H3N2 strain of the seasonal virus known for its high contagiousness ...