After a Western Washington resident became the first human to contract a rare form of avian flu, you may be wondering if ...

A strain of bird flu never seen in humans has infected a Washington state resident and left the person hospitalized, state ...

Washington state health officials have confirmed the country’s first human case of H5N5 — a strain of avian influenza carried ...

The resident tested positive for H5N5, a type of bird flu never before seen in humans. The patient has a backyard flock that ...

According to a new study, an evolutionary shift around 2020 helped the bird flu virus adapt better to wild birds.

BALTIMORE, Md. — For nature’s flying, feathered friends, bird-friendly gardens, like the one in Patterson Park in Baltimore, can offer comfort and refuge. Lately, though, some wild birds are ...

Bird flu (H5N1) continues to spark warnings around the country. On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed the country’s first severe case of bird flu in a human. The ...

For backyard birding enthusiasts, there is good news and bad news. We’ll go with the more positive news first. Passerines–the types of birds that are generally found around backyard bird feeders–are ...

Flu numbers tick up with fall migration, and several recent reports of dead or sick birds involve a species especially ...