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

The most effective strategy against bird flu on chicken farms is prevention, writes former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb — ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will fund research projects that explore the highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry, ...

USDA is rolling out its biosecurity cost-share program to combat avian influenza. The agency will provide voluntary audits to ...

A new low-cost sensor that detects airborne H5N1 avian flu in under five minutes, and a new vaccine approval sound good as ...

In the case of critically endangered California condors, scientists organized a vaccination program -- including in San Diego ...

Josué Lemus, Avian Flu Coordinator at the Epidemiology Department said boat tours and “visits to neighborhoods and colonies” to prevent influenza in domestic poultry were undertaken.

As the H5N1 avian influenza outbreak continues, scientists are working to better understand the virus's threat to human ...

Scientists Design Workaround That Improves Response ... in the protein found on the surface of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 influenza virus currently circulating in U.S ...

Avian influenza antigens of the H5 strain have been detected in a dead wild mammal in the first case reported in South Korea, the environment ministry said Tuesday. The bird flu antigens were ...