Scientists believe the mutations may allow the virus to better bind to receptors in the upper airways of humans.

The Tennessee Influenza Weekly Report shows that illness and positive lab tests are both up from the previous week.

Following an alert in early December from Kansas game wardens about geese carrying bird flu into Kansas, the City of Newton said that dozens of dead geese reported in recent weeks at the wetlands on ...

After someone in southwest Louisiana was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu, the first such illness reported in the ...

A new mutation and the first severe case of H5N1 bird flu discovered in a human in Louisiana has raised concern among some ...

A backyard flock in Vermont was sickened with H5N1, agricultural officials said on Thursday, following other reports of bird ...

Public health officials are sounding the alarm after bird flu mutations were discovered in a Louisianan patient. Dozens of milder cases have been recorded in the U.S. this year.

The manufacturer of a popular pet food brand has issued a recall of its raw and frozen cat food, according to the Washington ...

CDC weekly data shows that Tennessee has moved from high to very high influenza activity, making it one of the worst-hit states in the nation.

Bird flu has been spreading for years in wild birds, chickens, turkeys and many other animals. It was first confirmed in U.S.

As the CDC is tracking mutations in the bird flu virus that may make it easier for the infection to be spread from person to ...

Yes, pets can get bird flu from eating raw food. Pets can contract bird flu through contact with infected poultry or carcasses, or from eating contaminated food. Since cooking and pasteurization kill ...