Ontario is the only province to have had a commercial poultry flock struck by avian influenza since January. One month has ...

Last week, health officials in British Columbia reported that a Canadian teenager was infected with bird flu and was hospitalized after experiencing difficulty breathing. The two cases are ...

Easy replication in cattle mammary glands means H5N1 bird flu is under no evolutionary pressure to adapt to spread easily in humans.

A 3-year-old girl from Durango, Mexico, has died from H5N1 Bird Flu, according to the World Health Organization. The child ...

Fears the world is heading towards another pandemic are growing, as new data shows the spread of the deadly bird flu virus ...

Avian flu strains tend to only affect birds, but the current outbreak has spread to cattle and – in rare cases – people. The ...

One year ago, the first bird flu infection in a human in the United States was reported in a Texas dairy worker. There have been at least 70 cases since then.

A vaccine under development has demonstrated complete protection in mice against a deadly variant of the virus that causes bird flu. The work focuses on the H5N1 variant known as 2.3.4.4b, which has ...

I set of swabs is pending. FIG have prepared information and guidance about bird flu and preventative measures to try and reduce the spread of the virus. This guidance can be found here ...