The first known human case of avian influenza A (H9N2) in Europe has been reported in Italy. It was identified in a person ...

H5N1 bird flu has infected growing numbers of people worldwide in recent years, but this week saw something new: the first recorded human case of an H5N5 avian influenza virus. What is this virus and ...

The first human case of H9N2 avian flu in Europe has been detected in Italy in a person who travelled from outside the ...

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 25 - A man in Lombardy has become Italy's first case of human infection by bird flu, epidemiologist Gianni ...

A strain of bird flu never seen in humans has infected a Washington state resident and left the person hospitalized, state health authorities said. Washington State Department of Health authorities ...

As local reports of dead birds rise, the greatest human risk continues to fall on some of the most vulnerable: farm workers.

Bird flu viruses are a particular threat to humans because they can replicate at temperatures higher than a typical fever, one of the body's ways of stopping viruses in their tracks, according to new ...

Scientists have discovered that testing the environment of live poultry markets is an effective way to identify avian ...

Bald eagles face particular vulnerability to avian flu because transmission occurs when they consume infected birds.

The first human infection with the avian influenza virus (bird flu) has been confirmed in Europe. The Italian Ministry of ...