A Washington state resident has become the first person in the United States to test positive for a rare bird flu strain that has never before been found in humans.

While it remains seasonal in poultry, the disease is spreading in dairy cows and infecting hundreds of other ...

The older adult male in Washington State who tested positive for avian flu in early November has died and was the first ...

Now, in a new study looking at how these viruses were introduced and spread in North America, Louise H. Moncla from the School of Veterinary Medicine and her team have found that wild birds are ...

A second U.S. resident has died from the bird flu. The Washington Department of Health reported that the Grays Harbor County ...

The person, who had been hospitalized in King County since early November, died on Nov. 21, health officials said.

A Washington resident is believed to be the first person to die from a rare strain of bird flu, but state health officials said Friday that the risk to the public is low. The per ...

Although bird flu infections in humans remain rare, this case marks a significant development in flu surveillance in the U.S.

Washington state health officials have confirmed the first known human death globally from the H5N5 strain of avian influenza, a newly detected variant that has never before been documented in people.

The older adult had underlying health conditions and was being treated for the bird flu strain H5N5 after becoming the first ...

Inflated food prices are already on the minds of Americans in the lead-up to the holidays, and bird flu has the potential to hinder Thanksgiving festivities, specifically. Will you be greeted by ...

The first human to have ever been infected with H5N5 strain of bird flu has died, Washington state health officials confirmed ...