Sam Scarpino, PhD, director of AI and life sciences at Northeastern University in Boston, said he considers the increased H5N1 influenza cases "quite concerning." "From ducks and geese in Hawaii and ...

There is an inherent conflict of interest – and the potential for injury to public health – when a federal department both ...

California health officials reported Tuesday that a child in Alameda Co. has been infected with bird flu; source unknown.

Last week, health officials in Canada reported an H5N1 infection in a previously healthy British Columbia teen who is ...

Alameda County health officials are investigating a potential case of avian influenza, or bird flu, in a child experiencing ...

A child is home and recovering after a possible case of bird flu in Alameda County, California, according to the California ...

In 2009, H1N1 bird flu caused the first global flu pandemic in 40 years, with the first infections detected in California.

As respiratory season ramps up in Ontario, hospitals are being asked to take extra steps to screen patients for avian ...

Stat reports there's no evidence that the teen has infected anyone else. The source of the infection has not been determined. Meanwhile, Hawaii — which has strict agricultural rules to prevent the ...

It’s been nearly eight months since avian flu was first detected in U.S. dairy herds, and cases in both cows and humans continue to pile up.

As an outbreak of the avian flu continues to wreak havoc on California agriculture, the number of infected animals and ...