In 2009, H1N1 bird flu caused the first global flu pandemic in 40 years, with the first infections detected in California.

Hospitals had been asked to conduct extra surveillance for possible avian flu cases in the spring and summer after highly ...

Bird flu has spread far and wide, infecting a range of species like chickens, skunks, cows, foxes and polar bears. But it's ...

As a virus scientist in South Africa, I’ve been watching with dread as H5N1 bird flu spreads among animals in the United ...

Officials suspect wild migrating birds are likely to blame for the first known infection of a flock in Hawaii, which had been the last state in the country with no reported cases in poultry or wild ...

California health officials reported Tuesday that a child in Alameda Co. has been infected with bird flu; source unknown.

The H5N1 strain of bird flu has infected a patient in the first ever confirmed human case of the virus, caused by the H5N1 ...

There is an inherent conflict of interest – and the potential for injury to public health – when a federal department both ...

It’s been nearly eight months since avian flu was first detected in U.S. dairy herds, and cases in both cows and humans continue to pile up.

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO @STARADVERTISER.COM State Epidemiologist Dr. Sarah Kemble addressed the media Thursday about possible sources of the H5 avian influenza virus. State officials are urging ...

Ducks and geese on a backyard farm in Oahu, the state's main island, tested positive for H5N1 last week, which was likely ...