A recent study has revealed that a single genetic change in a strain of the highly pathogenic H5 influenza virus could potentially unlock its ability to infect and spread between humans. Scientists ...

Both swine and avian influenza are strains of influenza A. Just as swine flu strains tend to infect pigs, avian flu strains tend to infect birds. But the potential for influenza A viruses that ...

The Trump Administration's zeal for rounding up and deporting those migrants is making efforts to combat bird flu harder as those workers now avoid outsiders.

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A village shop in the Lake District has decided to limit egg sales to customers as an avian flu epidemic continues. After supplies are affected by chicken farm restrictions, shoppers can only purchase ...

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has issued a bird flu warning after 19 birds were found to have died from the disease, and the H5N1 variant has been found on both sides of the Irish border ...

The flu sickens millions of people in the U.S. every year, and the past year has been particularly tough. Although infections are trending downward, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has ...