"The Chinese poultry lineage may have experienced more vaccine-driven selection compared to other lineages," the researchers ...

The first two cases of bird flu on the University of Massachusetts campus were discovered over the weekend when two deceased ...

When a pathogen — any organism that causes a disease — jumps species, scientists get nervous because its genetic makeup can ...

Seven Delmarva-region commercial operations have now reported cases of the highly contagious virus.

A patient in Louisiana has died from avian influenza in what authorities consider to be the first severe H5N1 infection in a ...

Georgia is the nation's largest poultry producing state. Last week, bird flu was found for the first time in a commercial poultry plant in the state.