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A person has tested positive in British Columbia, Canadian health officials said, though the results must be sent to another ...

A person has tested positive in British Columbia, Canadian health officials said, though the results must be sent to another ...

A year after an outbreak of H5N1 killed thousands of elephant seals, only about a third of the seals normally expected here ...

H5N1 influenza has now been detected in pigs. This was something virologists had been worrying about ever since this highly ...

The CDC study provides the largest window to date into how the bird virus first detected in March in dairy cows may be ...

The number of H5N1 bird flu cases in dairy cattle workers in the U.S. may be much higher than reported, indicates a new CDC ...

A new study revealed more farmworkers had signs of infection, even though they reportedly did not display symptoms of illness.

Almost from the beginning of the spread of H5N1 bird flu among farms and ranches in the U.S. earlier this year, experts and ...

Rising H5N1 bird flu cases in the U.S. prompted the CDC to study the virus in ferrets, revealing it may have the potential to spread and cause severe symptoms in other mammals.

The authors are grateful to the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-CCMB), India, for encouragement and support for this work. NIH Awards (R37DA025576; R01MH085259) also support SK ...

Protection from flu vaccines takes a couple of weeks to kick in, so getting one now may protect you ahead of the holidays. Jessica is a writer on the Wellness team with a focus on health ...