Experts and health authorities say that while the risk of human infection with the H5N1 strain of avian influenza remains low ...

Encounters like Law’s are under new scrutiny after a B.C. teenager tested positive for bird flu in the first presumptive case ...

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 ...

Snow geese have been reported on Fir Island as of October ... Note that, with recent outbreaks of avian influenza affecting ...

The first detection of H5N1 bird flu in US swine has been reported on an Oregon backyard farm, raising concerns about potential human infection. The USDA assures low public health risk and no ...

Bird flu has been found in at least one pig at a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the H5N1 virus in swine in the United States, the U.S. Agriculture Department said Wednesday.

FILE - This 2005 electron microscope image shows an avian influenza A H5N1 virion. (Cynthia Goldsmith, Jackie Katz/CDC via AP, File) NEW YORK (AP) — A pig at an Oregon farm was found to have ...

otherwise known as bird flu, is a highly contagious viral disease, caused by the influence type A virus (H5N1). It mostly affects wild waterfowl such as ducks and geese but has the potential to ...

(CNN) — H5N1 bird flu has been identified in a pig in the United States for the first time, the US Department of Agriculture said Wednesday. The USDA and Oregon veterinary officials are ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A pig at an Oregon farm was found to have bird flu, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday. It's the first time the virus has been detected in U.S. swine and ...