The team found that animals that had the virus inoculated directly into their lungs became severely ill, whereas animals that ...

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 ...

When bird flu first struck dairy cattle a year ago ... Many of these developments are classic steps toward a pandemic, said Dr. James Lawler, a director at the University of Nebraska’s Global ...

geese or turkeys (which may also be infected by bird flu) should not use feeders or baths that attract wild birds. Dear Dr. Roach: I see commercials about different kinds of pillows, asserting ...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), of which the CDC is part, believes the current bird flu outbreak has pandemic potential. Though person-to-person spread hasn’t yet been ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a stark warning about the H5N1 avian influenza virus, commonly known as bird flu ... of a potential pandemic are mounting.

The Centers for Disease Control announced the first human death from H5N1 avian flu or "bird flu" in the United States on Jan. 6 -- and the illness continues to spread. In a Jan. 6 news release ...

geese or turkeys (which may also be infected by bird flu) should not use feeders or baths that attract wild birds. DEAR DR. ROACH: I see commercials about different kinds of pillows, asserting ...

Bird-to-human transmission is rare but experts have raised concerns that the virus could trigger a pandemic.So how worried should we be? Why are experts worried about the possibility of a bird flu ...

Dr Soumya Swaminathan at the Hyderabad Literary Festival. A literary festival is more about dissecting prose and poetry than discussing pandemic ... Also Read Bird Flu outbreak in US: What is ...