Perhaps the most notable is the so-called “Spanish flu” of 1918–1919, when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates “an avian-like H1N1 virus” killed 50 million ...

It affected many healthy young adults and children, with a high burden on healthcare systems globally, though its overall mortality rate was drastically lower than the Spanish Flu. Avian influenza ...

Several countries have reported instances of H5N1 avian flu infections in mammals, but now Spanish researchers have reported the first known outbreak in farmed mink. They described their investigation ...

Are eggs safe to eat amid the current avian flu outbreak? Have people in the U.S. contracted bird flu? We VERIFY the answers to common questions.

David J. Cennimo, an associate professor of medicine and pediatrics in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Rutgers New ...

In recent months, bird flu has started raising red flags among scientists and public health officials. Apoorva Mandavilli, a New York Times reporter who covers infectious diseases, explains why we ...

A newly identified strain of bird flu, H5N9, discovered at a California duck farm, has prompted concerns about the possibility of a larger outbreak, The Washington Post reported Jan. 29. Health ...

Although cases of bird flu are surging among birds in the UK, the risk of the virus spreading to humans still remains ...

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and Europe’s Centre for Disease Control (ECDC) issued joint advice that warning of ...