A new study by biologists from the Scripps Research Institute shows that a bird flu virus is just a single mutation away from ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza was confirmed Sunday in a second commercial poultry flock in Adair County, state officials ...

Both state and federal health officials stressed that the risk of the general public contracting bird flu is low.

Arizona is reporting its first two probable human cases of bird flu in Pinal County workers who were exposed to infected ...

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

Wildlife World Zoo in Litchfield Park, Arizona, has identified avian flu, specifically the H5N1 strain, in its birds.

The potential mutation would allow the avian influenza virus sweeping through dairy herds to attach to a receptor protein on ...

Avian influenza viruses typically require several mutations to adapt and spread among humans, but what happens when just one ...

Bird flu is affecting more and more dairy cattle. There’s no sign yet of human-to-human spread, but new dimensions of the ...

A new study finds tweaking part of the H5N1 virus infecting dairy cows in a single spot could allow it to better attach to ...

Researchers stress that HPAI H5N1 must be closely monitored for genetic changes, especially as cases rise in humans exposed to infected birds, cows, or mammals. The highly pathogenic avian ...

Fish and Game officials said bird flu is most common in ducks and geese and noted that Southwest Idaho has become a major ...