Recent history makes clear that microbiological disasters can strike anytime. But a longer history should remind us of the ...

Flu expert says bird flu virus may be spread by infected feces blowing in the wind. Dr. Michael Osterholm is a medical ...

H5N1 vaccines have been previously licensed, and millions are in the national stockpile. But even with the news of the ...

Japan faces a surge in bird flu cases, implementing measures to control the spread and protect poultry industry and public ...

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

Bird Flu Stays Stable on Milking Equipment for ... of influenza and last longer than vaccines currently in ... 'Swine Flu' Strain Has Passed from Humans to Swine Nearly 400 Times Since 2009 ...

The H5N1 Avian influenza is decimating bird populations around the world. More than 136 million birds have been affected in ...

Factory farms create the ideal breeding grounds for infectious diseases like bird flu. The vast majority of U.S. broiler chickens (78%) and U.S. egg laying hens (75%) are raised on factory farms, ...

Could the threat of another worldwide pandemic be on the way? On Jan. 6, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the first American, a man in Louisiana, had died from severe avian ...

The H5N1 virus has a ways to go before it can successfully jump to humans but that it doesn’t reduce the threat it poses.

There are other types of flu that primarily infect animals, like bird flu and now swine flu. The real name for swine flu is H1N1 flu. It is called swine flu because a virus that causes this flu ...

The 2009 influenza pandemic A(H1N1)pdm09 of swine origin and the continued circulation of highly pathogenic avian H5N1 strain in humans are stark reminders of the unpredictable nature of the ...