Bird flu infections have been rare among people, but the pathogen is evolving, which has scientists worried about a possible ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has so far confirmed 52 human cases of bird flu—otherwise known as avian influenza H5N1—during this year's outbreak: 26 in California ...

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has issued a bird flu warning after 19 birds were found to have died from the disease, and the H5N1 variant has been found on both sides of the Irish border ...

The Egyptian Fayoumi is thought to be a particularly ancient breed of chicken. An international team has now developed the first map of gene regulation in chickens, potentially opening the way to find ...

An international team has now developed the first map of gene regulation in chickens, potentially opening the way to find new traits for disease resistance, including to H5N1 influenza, or other ...