Virus writers, forever in search of opportunities to distribute their malicious code, are exploiting interest in the avian flu by circulating an e-mail with an attachment that contains information ...

People who have close and prolonged contact with infected birds or animals are more at risk of an infection. Health officials say there is no evidence of person-to-person spread of the virus at ...

But the detection of bird flu virus in unpasteurized milk sold in California stores underscores what health experts say are the known and potential risks. Breaking: NBA fines Hawks $100,000 for ...

Bird flu cases are still rising in the U.S. as the virus continues to devastate poultry farms. More than 145 million chickens, ducks, turkeys and other fowl have been slaughtered across the United ...

Scientists have an idea of how bird flu would have to evolve in order to spread more easily among humans: A mutation in one protein on the virus' surface could help it bind better human cells.

Bird flu, also know as H5N1 or avian influenza, is a highly contagious disease among birds and poultry. There has never been a case, however, where humans have spread the bird flu to each other.

Health authorities have revealed that the bird flu virus mutated inside a Louisiana patient who contracted the first severe case of the illness in the US, potentially making it more transmissible ...

The Bird Flu Virus Is One Mutation Away from Getting More Dangerous. 5 minute read. By Jamie Ducharme. Updated: December 9, 2024 11:21 AM EST | Originally published: December 5, 2024 2:52 PM EST.

A 13-year-old girl in British Columbia who was hospitalized with bird flu for several weeks late last year harbored a mutated version of the virus, according to a report published this week in the ...

The different strain, D1.1, was recently found in cattle for the first time. Bird flu is continuing to spread across the U.S., and experts say they are "concerned" as public health officials ...

A Wyoming woman has been hospitalized with the bird flu after her backyard chicken flock contracted the disease and died, state and federal health officials said.. The Wyoming State Health ...

H5N1 bird flu virus has been detected in wastewater collected from a plant in Carson. L.A. County public health officials say the risk to the public remains low. The source of the virus has not ...