Bird flu has been detected in skunks, ... The agency also said a cat tested positive in France, and the highly contagious pathogen caused a large outbreak in a Spanish mink farm.

But none of the sickened animals has raised as much concern as mink. In October, a bird-flu outbreak erupted at a Spanish mink farm, killing thousands of the animals before the rest were culled.

Bird Flu Found in Sheep: The H5N1 virus was detected in a single sheep in Britain, in what the government described as the first case of its kind reported anywhere in the world.

While most flu viruses strike the very young and very old, the Spanish flu affected many between the ages of 20 and 35. The avian flu has followed a similar pattern.

As the bird flu spreads, experts discuss the possibility of a mass outbreak among humans. ... Another outbreak on a Spanish mink farm suggests the virus may have adapted to mammal transmission.

Here's what to know about the avian flu and why the current bird flu has spread so far, so fast. ... and most concerningly, in an outbreak at a Spanish mink farm in October.

A new study lends weight to fears that more livestock workers have gotten the bird flu than has been reported. “I am very confident there are more people being infected than we know about ...

The Spanish Flu Pandemic, also known as La Grippe Espagnole, or La Pesadilla, was an unusually severe and deadly strain of avian influenza, a viral infectious disease, that killed some 50 million ...

In 1918, an influenza virus known as the Spanish flu killed over 50 million people all over the world, ... Viruses, Infections & Disease Bird flu could soon evolve to spread between humans.