A patient in Missouri who was hospitalized after an infection with bird flu had the H5N1 strain of the virus, the US Centers ...

The CDC has picked five lab partners to develop a test for avian influenza A(H5N1) — bird flu — including ARUP Laboratories ...

A close contact of a Missouri resident identified as having a human case of the H5N1 avian flu also became sick around the ...

Avian influenza, or bird flu, refers to the disease caused by infection with Type A viruses. The Alabama Department of Public Health reports these viruses occur naturally among wild aquatic birds ...

A close contact of the person in Missouri who had an unexplained H5N1 bird flu infection last month was also sick around the same time, but was not tested for influenza, the Centers for Disease ...

Health officials on Thursday said they don’t know how a Missouri person caught bird flu but believe it may be a rare instance of a “one-off” standalone illness.

That  human case of A(H5) avian flu in Missouri that had no known contact with poultry or other animals has been confirmed by the U.S. Centers for Disease ...

With the approach of fall and cooler weather across the United States, officials say the risk posed by the H5N1 bird flu ...

All the other human infections of H5N1 reported this year have been mild ... according to the CDC. The virus did, however, have mutations that could affect the development of candidate vaccine ...

Federal officials are still trying to determine how a Missouri resident with no known exposure to bird flu, contracted the ...