Although H5N1 causes symptoms similar to seasonal flu, such as cough, fever, shortness of breath, headache, muscle pain, sore ...

A teenager in British Columbia has become the first person in Canada to test positive for bird flu, authorities said Saturday ...

A person has tested positive in British Columbia, Canadian health officials said, though the results must be sent to another ...

Officials believe it is the Type A H5N1 bird flu but are awaiting confirmation. H5N1 has been spreading widely in the U.S.

A bird flu virus that has been circulating in dairy cattle for months has now been found in a pig in the US for the first time, raising the risk of the virus evolving to become more dangerous to peopl ...

New guidance has highlighted an increased risk from a strain of bird flu, after 20 infected pheasants were discovered in Worcestershire ... and great skuas. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA ...

The World Health Organization voiced alarm at the growing spread of H5N1 bird flu to new species, including humans, who face an ‘extraordinarily high’ mortality rate. Hong Kong should test for ...

A Canadian teenager infected with bird flu — that country’s first case involving a locally acquired infection — is in ...

Four new cases of avian influenza ... If two influenza viruses share the same host, they can share genetic information and mutate more quickly. “You don’t want people affected with the ...

Investigators found ... among people who came into contact with sick dairy cows or infected poultry and all patients recovered with antivirals. In late April, reports emerged that bird flu ...

No evidence of human transmission, but virus found ... avian influenza. "This was a healthy teenager prior to this, so no ...