The move by U.S. health officials to start makinga vaccine against the new strain of bird flu is a good idea, regardless of whether the virus ultimately changes, as flu viruses often do, experts say.

Wild birds recently found at locations across Los Angeles County — including in the San Fernando Valley — have tested ...

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

Five birds across LA County tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza H5, also known as H5 bird flu, officials ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday urged labs nationwide to determine within 24 hours of admission whether people hospitalized with the flu have seasonal influenza or are ...

The H5N1 bird flu remains active across U.S. poultry, dairy cows, and wild birds — but health officials say public risk stays ...

A Washington resident died of complications from an infection with a bird flu strain never before reported in humans, the ...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has received two recent reports of dead birds at Lake Tapps, amid ...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a disaster proclamation Tuesday after a case of highly pathogenic avian influenza was detected in a commercial turkey flock in Hamilton County -- the state's ninth ...

Maine officials are urging bird owners to take precautions after avian flu was confirmed in a backyard flock in Penobscot ...

About 72 dead vultures found outside St. Bernadette School are presumed to have avian influenza, according to Ohio Department ...