The convergence of multiple flu strains in one animal can allow new virus strains to form—just as they did in past pandemics.

Thus far, the outbreak is growing slowly, says Yale SOM’s Dr. Howard Forman. But a lack of coordination and testing continues ...

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 ...

Colorado's outbreak of avian flu in poultry and dairy cattle seems to have died down, though the state continues to monitor ...

Just how deadly is the H5N1 avian flu? The virus, which is currently sweeping through U.S. dairy herds, rarely jumps to human ...

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A person sickened by bird flu in Missouri was probably an isolated case, federal health officials said Thursday, though they ...

The virus causing the outbreak in cows is highly pathogenic avian ... a flu A virus — can swap genes with each other, creating what are known as reassortants. That process could create a new ...

Missouri then alerted federal officials of bird flu. On Sept. 5, CDC received the person’s sample, tested it the next day, and alerted the public about the new case later that day.

The patient had no known contact with dairy cows or other animals associated with the ongoing bird flu outbreak ... own tests during the early stages of new epidemics, with widespread testing ...

Welcome to the National Animal Disease Center, a government research facility in Iowa where 43 scientists work with pigs, cows and other animals, pushing to solve the bird flu outbreak currently ...