Nevada just confirmed its first human case of avian flu from infected cattle. Nevada’s first case was found in Churchill County, the Central Nevada Health District announced on Monday. The infected person — who showed signs of conjunctivitis but had no other symptoms — is recovering.

A form of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or H5N1, picked up in October and began spreading quickly through the country toward the end of the year. It’s made egg prices unpredictable as grocery stores work to keep their shelves stocked.

But what exactly is the difference between Influenza A and Influenza B? NEWS10 spoke with the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) about th

A dead hawk found in Ocean County is being tested for the H5N1 virus; officials urge residents to avoid dead birds and protect poultry.

Three veterinarians who work with cows have tested positive for prior infections of H5 bird flu, according to a study released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The finding may not seem surprising,

H5N1 bird flu is branching out. New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that a second type of H5N1 has likely spread from dairy The

Pasteurization is the only widely recognized method of killing H5N1, the virus that causes bird flu, in milk. However, pasteurization can be expensive and fewer than 50% of large dairy farms pasteurize waste milk.

If you want to excite public health officials, ask them about the H5N1 avian influenza virus. This flu virus has been decimating wildfowl populations across Asia and Europe for more

Will our efforts against H5N1 — or bird flu, as we know it — bind us to a similar Sisyphean-like struggle? But alone, they dismiss an outsized advantage we possess over bird flu — one that is greater,

A woman is hospitalized in Wyoming with H5N1 bird flu, likely the result of handling infected birds in a backyard flock, health officials say.

Blood testing of large-animal veterinarians suggests that H5N1 bird flu has spread more widely than US surveillance of the virus is capturing, according to a new study by federal and state disease detectives.

A CDC study has found H5N1 bird flu antibodies in veterinarians who had no symptoms and no knowledge they had been working with infected livestock.