Although infectious disease experts aren’t sounding the alarm yet, they’re analyzing virus data to understand mutations and ...

Experts and health authorities say that while the risk of human infection with the H5N1 strain of avian influenza remains low ...

THE world could be on the brink of a “disastrous” bird flu outbreak, a top epidemiologist has warned. This month, a teenager ...

When it comes to surveillance, PHAC said provincial and territorial public health agencies must report both “confirmed and ...

The H5N1 virus that infected a Canadian teen appears not to have spread, but it shows signs of mutation that makes flu ...

Two studies reveal high transmissibility and lethality of the viral isolate in animal models, and hint at potential drug ...

Remember the H1N1 swine flu pandemic of 2009? Well, H5N1 bird flu could be next - H5N1 bird flu has infected more than 50 ...

Experts warn that the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus, which has already infected mammals and demonstrated mutations ...

California's public health department had reported the case on Tuesday, but said there was no evidence of human-to-human ...

Cases of H5N1 bird flu in U.S. dairy and poultry workers have largely been mild. However, a new case in a British Columbia ...

Human-to-human transmission is very rare, but as cases among animals rise, many experts are worried the virus could develop ...

CANADA - A teenager in Canada has tested positive for a mutated form of bird flu that could more easily infect humans. The ...