Public health experts share concerns that the H5N1 bird flu outbreak could turn into a pandemic. What to know after Louisiana ...

Bird flu is continuing to spread in animals across the U.S. Here's what you need to know about the current situation.

"Infections among mammalian species in frequent contact with humans should be closely monitored," the researchers wrote ...

H5N1 is a highly contagious strain of avian influenza A that primarily affects birds. It has circulated for years, but a more ...

CDC reports 216 children have died from flu this season, the highest since 2009, with 47 million total cases nationwide ...

Over the last year, a highly pathogenic avian influenza, A(H5N1), has sporadically ... Despite this, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) maintains that the "risk to the general ...

Currently, the CDC is utilizing flu surveillance systems to monitor avian influenza in people. Experts are now warning that the circulation of avian influenza within mammals increases the risk of ...

The US should worry about the avian flu 'because it could be another pandemic', an infectious diseases expert said.

While the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) currently considers the ... “The recent emergence of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus infections in dairy cows and ...

More U.S. children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine flu pandemic 15 years ago, according to a ...