A little-known variant of bird flu has evolved to become better adapted to infecting people and could pose a pandemic threat to humans, a team of researchers has warned.

A bird flu virus that has often been ignored because it mostly causes minor disease in birds has the potential to cause a human pandemic, says a team that has tracked how the H9N2 virus has become ...

Avian flu is killing black vultures in Georgia, raising concerns about the virus's spread and potential human risk.

H5N1 bird flu has infected growing numbers of people worldwide in recent years, but this week saw something new: the first recorded human case of an H5N5 avian influenza virus. What is this virus and ...

There has been a lot said about bird flu. For a time, many experts believed that we were on the verge of a full-blown pandemic due to the virus, primarily because of a lack of preventive measures.

Bird flu viruses are a particular threat to humans because they can replicate at temperatures higher than a typical fever, one of the body's ways of stopping viruses in their tracks, according to new ...

DISEASE control measures have been put in place as a suspected case of bird flu has been flagged in Omagh, Co Tyrone. “Humane culling” of all birds on the site of the potential outbreak and the ...

Avian flu, commonly known as bird flu, may be back in the news, but the risk to residents of North Central Ohio is considered low.