The H5N1 avian influenza virus is mutating to evade immune defenses in mammals following prior infection or vaccination.

Birds in the United States can be affected by avian flu, also called H5N1 bird flu or avian influenza. But can it affect your ...

Here’s what is known about food safety amid the bird flu outbreak. Will I catch bird flu from eating chicken or eggs? No, the risk of catching bird flu from eating chicken or eggs is presently very ...

Avian flu outbreaks have been blamed for soaring egg prices thanks to an ongoing epidemic that has killed upwards of 150 million birds and wreaked havoc on the American poultry industry.

Most of those infections have been seen in wild bird populations, with two known instances of backyard poultry flocks ...