France has declared itself to be free of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the absence of new outbreaks for more than a ...

Horses have been infected by bird flu without symptoms, raising concerns the virus could spread to other species, including ...

Avian influenza, also called avian flu or bird flu, is an illness that usually affects only birds. There are many different ...

As flu season nears, Europe is increasing surveillance for human cases of H5N1 influenza, also known as bird flu. As reported by the Telegraph, new guidelines from the European Centre for Disease ...

Bird flu continues to loom as a global threat. A severe case in Louisiana is the latest development in a series of concerning H5N1 outbreaks.

October 7, 2005 – The avian flu reaches Europe. Romanian officials quarantine a village of about 30 people after three dead ducks there test positive for bird flu. November 12, 2005 – A one ...

In early November, a teenager in British Columbia, Canada, became critically ill with a strain of H5N1 called ‘highly pathogenic avian influenza of unknown origin’. Europe is stepping up its ...

A case of highly infectious avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 – commonly known as “bird flu” – has been confirmed in a wild buzzard ...

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Justine Moss speak with Dr Chua Tze Hoong, Director, Veterinary Health Division, Animal ...

Health officials said the first "severe" case of the H5N1 virus was reported in a human this week, with the person being ...

The bird flu variant has infected about 700 dairy herds-- mainly in California on the US West Coast-- between March and early ...