By: Rachael Rettner, MyHealthNewsDaily Senior Writer Published: 05/10/2013 03:19 PM EDT on LiveScience The number of new cases of the H7N9 bird ...
By Ed Yong As the world is transfixed by a new H7N9 bird flu virus spreading through China, a study reminds us that a different avian influenza — H...
By Julie Steenhuysen NEW YORK, May 6 (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the current stra...
BEIJING, April 29 (Reuters) - A man in Shanghai died from bird flu on Monday, the latest person to die from the H7N9 strain of the virus first disco...
By: Rachael Rettner, MyHealthNewsDaily Staff Writer Published: 04/25/2013 07:08 AM EDT on MyHealthNewsDaily Poultry markets in Shanghai are one ...
BEIJING -- A new strain of bird flu that emerged in China over the past month is one of the "most lethal" flu viruses so far, worrying health official...
BEIJING, April 23 (Reuters) - An elderly man in eastern China died of bird flu on Tuesday, bringing the death toll from a strain that recently emerg...
BEIJING, April 17 (Reuters) - Two more people in China have died from a new strain of avian influenza, bringing to 16 the number of deaths from the ...
BEIJING, April 13 (Reuters) - Chinese capital Beijing reported on Saturday its first suspected case of a new strain of bird flu, state news agency X...
* WHO studying two suspected family clusters of infection * China media reports vaccine possible within months * Consume...
BEIJING — The World Health Organization is talking with the Chinese government about sending international experts to China to help investigate ...
-- A bird flu virus never before found in humans has grabbed world attention this week after it infected and killed people in China. Scientists have ...
By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists in the Dutch city of Rotterdam know precisely what it t...
BEIJING — In a worrisome sign, a bird flu in China appears to have mutated so that it can spread to other animals, raising the potential for a b...
In spite of our current low risk, it is just a matter of time before H5N1, H7N3 or another influenza strain evolves into a dangerous form that results in a pandemic. And the events in Mexico and Cambodia beg the question: Are we ever going to be safe from bird flu?
Regardless of whether or not this controversial research continues, you can bet one thing: Our risk for a deadly form of the "bird flu" virus and other pathogens remain high as long as we don't improve our treatment of animals.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Cambodia on Friday reported three new human cases of bird flu, two of them fatal, in the first three weeks of this year. ...
WASHINGTON -- International scientists who last year halted controversial research with the deadly bird flu say they are resuming their work as countr...
FAIRBANKS -- Chilly weather isn't enough to keep ducks out of open areas of the Chena River, which means it's not enough to keep scientists out either...
The flu has created an interesting dilemma for us. The pressure our civilization is placing on nature and the way we are changing to mega-farms is increasing the likelihood of an influenza outbreak.
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- The Health Ministry says bird flu has killed a 37-year-old man in central Indonesia, marking the country's ninth fatality this y...
Scientists are predicting that the frequency of dust storms, on the rise in the last few years, will continue to increase. Some have also suggested th...
* Bird flu three steps from potentially lethal human strain * Threat fuels debate over pre-pandemic vaccination * Scienc...
MEXICO CITY -- ?An outbreak of the H7N3 bird flu virus in western Mexico has infected about 2.5 million chickens and led authorities to destroy or dis...
NEW YORK -- The second of two bird flu studies once considered too risky to publish was released Thursday, ending a saga that pitted concerns about te...
