The State Key Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and the InnoHK Center for ...

Centre says human-to-human transmission of H5N1 virus is uncommon, but a national joint outbreak response team has been deployed to undertake an epidemiological investigation.

Health officials investigating the case discovered that the child had consumed a small piece of raw chicken on February 26, ...

A dangerous bird flu, in other words, was suddenly circulating in mammals—mammals with which people have ongoing, extensive ...

When a disease-causing pathogen such as a flu virus is already adapted to infect a particular animal species, it may ...

When a disease-causing pathogen such as a flu virus is already adapted to infect a particular animal species, it may eventually evolve the ability to infect a new species, such as humans, through a ...

In a recent study published in the Journal of Wildlife Diseases, researchers conducted an investigation into free-ranging bobcats (Lynx rufus) in New York, USA. The study revealed widespread exposure ...

An avian influenza vaccine for layers, broilers, and practical for farmers was developed thanks to innovative technology ...

If you have sick birds in your BACKYARD flock, please report them to WSDA’s Sick Bird Hotline at 1-800-606-3056. If your farm ...

According to the Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA), bird flu has been detected in 11 domestic cats. Only one survived.

"Globally, we continue to see that mammals can be infected with avian influenza A (H5N1)," Meera Chand, Emerging Infection ...