Each year, seasonal flu sickens about 1 billion people worldwide and causes approximately 290,000 to 650,000 respiratory ...

The Government of India has ramped up its efforts to mitigate the impact of Avian Influenza on poultry and wildlife.

The most common way to detect bird flu involves swabbing potentially contaminated sites and sequencing the DNA that’s been ...

The bird flu outbreak, which has been detected statewide in animals including ducks, geese, squirrels, foxes, raccoons and bobcats, now also is being found in household cats in New York ...

The team informed the Chief Minister that eight teams had conducted thorough surveys in the surrounding areas where the girl lived and no sign of bird flu was found. Samples were collected from ...

He covers federal public health agencies. Some of the Food and Drug Administration's efforts to support testing for the ongoing bird flu outbreak have been disrupted due to steep layoffs at the ...

Farmers in Georgia’s northeastern corner woke up on Jan. 15 to discover that birds in their flock of 45,000 chickens were ill and dying. Within 24 hours, the state’s veterinary laboratory ...

Amid recent outbreaks of avian Influenza, or bird flu, in the country, the Union government has mandated registration of all poultry farms within a month to enhance disease tracking and control.

(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is suspending efforts to improve its bird flu testing of milk, cheese and pet food due to massive staff cuts at the agency, according to an email ...

Bird flu has been spreading on farms and in the wild. Humans and other animals can contract bird flu, though it hasn't been spreading person to person in Iowa at this point. A veterinarian answers ...

A 2-year-old girl from Andhra Pradesh has died after contracting the H5N1 bird flu virus, likely from consuming raw chicken. Despite being treated at two hospitals, her condition deteriorated rapidly.

Health officials in Mexico say a 3-year-old girl from the western state of Durango is the country’s first confirmed human case of bird flu MEXICO CITY -- A 3-year-old girl from the western state ...