that the risk was low and that there was no sign of human-to-human transmission. The briefing was attended by bird flu researchers, doctors and officials from government agencies who were alarmed ...

US health officials didn’t find signs of human-to-human bird flu spread after testing a group of people in Missouri with suspicious symptoms. Five health-care workers with potential symptoms who ...

USDA both regulating and promoting livestock industries – prevents appropriate responses to outbreaks of infectious disease.

"As much as we have placed warning signs out, they may not see them or ... While human infections are extremely rare, bird flu can be spread through close contact with infected birds and their ...

While the Department has not detected any such cases in Irish poultry or wild birds this year, the risk of a bird flu ...

The H5N1 virus, also known as bird flu, is spreading among dairy cows ... And you recently wrote -- quote -- "that if we keep ignoring the warning signs, we have only ourselves to blame." ...

A large scale global outbreak of bird flu can occur any time given the current conditions, a Chinese scientist has warned. "It's bird flu that renders the current situation so serious," said Zhong ...

A warning sign stands at a dairy farm in Martin, Michigan, last June. Michigan officials announced the state’s first outbreak since early September last week. Human cases of bird flu are now in ...

Symptoms include a very high temperature, aching muscles, headache or a cough or shortness of breath. For medical advice, contact the NHS. See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper ...

THE risk of bird flu merging with seasonal flu to create a dangerous mutant strain is now very high, experts have warned. They fear the new bug could be as lethal as bird flu and as transmissible ...

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KGET) — The bird flu has now infected at least six people in California, officials said Monday. The infected work at dairy farms in the Central Valley, where they might ...