Although the avian flu (H5N1) virus may not be making the news as frequently, it is still working hard behind the scenes, ...

France has confirmed bird flu outbreaks on two poultry farms – the highly pathogenic avian influenza – just days after being officially declared free of the virus, the agriculture ministry said.

Bird flu continues to spread quickly through the U.S. farm system because that system is inherently a viral playground.

New versions of the H5N1 virus are increasingly adept at spreading. Suggestions to either let it rip in poultry or vaccinate the birds could backfire.

From the outset of the Trump administration, bird flu, or H5N1 avian influenza, has flown rather conspicuously — and in fact ...

PARIS (Reuters) - France has raised its risk level of bird flu to 'moderate' from 'negligible', it said in a decree published in the official journal on Tuesday, a move that will reinforce ...

France would have had hundreds of outbreaks of H5N1 bird flu on poultry farms in the past year had it not vaccinated ducks against the disease for the first time, according to a modelling study.

Doctors and researchers said the moves will make it harder to detect potentially dangerous changes. If the virus continues to ...

PARIS (Reuters) - France has stepped up its bird flu risk assessment to 'high' from 'moderate', it said on Friday in a decree that will trigger reinforced security measures around poultry farms.

France has confirmed outbreaks of bird flu on two poultry farms, two weeks after being officially declared free of the virus, which has been spreading in Europe this autumn and winter.

Global health updates include countries implementing restrictions on Brazilian chicken imports due to bird flu, experimental ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has ended its emergency response to the H5N1 avian flu. A spokesperson ...