Dr. Leana Wen, the former Baltimore health commissioner, tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," that amid the ...

A genetic analysis of viral samples from a patient in Louisiana hospitalized with the first severe case of bird flu showed mutations that may result in the virus becoming more transmissible among ...

It was like watching a field hospital on an active battlefront treating hundreds of wounded soldiers,” a livestock veterinarian said.

The CDC warns of concerning mutations in H5N1 bird flu, raising fears of increased human-to-human transmission. Experts urge caution but no need for panic. Could this lead to a pandemic? Stay alert ...

After the state of California began testing dairy herds for highly pathogenic avian influenza, known also as bird flu or H5N1, in August, it found the pathogen on 645 dairy farms. More than half those ...

Across the country, hurricanes damaged ag infrastructure in Florida, the Carolinas and the Southeastern U.S., and H5N1 spread to dairy cattle. After months in development, a farm bill passed out of ...

The death of an Oregon house cat and a pet food recall are raising questions about the ongoing outbreak of bird flu and how people can protect their pets.

Malaria, tuberculosis and HIV claim number of lives in the world each year. But as the new year emerges, health professionals ...

Back in March, an outbreak of bird flu in dairy cattle was reported, but now experts are turning their attention to cats.

The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) is investigating whether a number of snow ...