The Peregrine Falcon has sharp talons and strong-hooked beaks that are designed to capture and kill prey. While attacks on humans are rare, if the bird feels as if its nest is in danger, they may use ...

Mysterious US bird flu case in person without any known contact with an infected animal raises spectre of human-to-human ...

Genetic analysis of a bird flu virus detected in a person in Missouri who didn’t previously have contact with animals offers ...

With cold and flu season approaching, it’s worth knowing about another virus out there—albeit extremely rare: bird flu. Like ...

This year in the United States, 14 people have tested positive for avian influenza, or bird flu. Nine of those became ...

A close contact of a Missouri resident identified as having a human case of the H5N1 avian flu also became sick around the ...

An extensive look at wastewater samples taken across the United States from May to July found ... avian flu virus has been ...

A patient in Missouri who was hospitalized after an infection with bird flu had the H5N1 strain of the virus, the US Centers ...

Avian flu in dairy cows could stick around on US farms forever, and is raising the risk of outbreaks in mammals—including ...

Unprecedented levels of the bird flu virus have been detected in wastewater samples from across Texas, raising alarms that the disease is adapting to infect a new host.

In a case that continues to confound scientists, U.S. health officials said Thursday that they still don't know how a ...

Several labs will work with federal health authorities to develop a test for avian influenza, as the number of human cases ...