Public health officials have just reported the first known “severe” case of bird flu in the United States. There are now 61 confirmed cases across eight states. This week, the Centers for Disease ...

Dairy cows feed at a dairy farm near Corcoran, Calif. Seven out of 10 herds that have been found to be infected with avian flu are in the state. Avian flu, highly contagious and damaging to poultry ...

A UC Davis study finds that dogs could be indicators for Valley fever spread in humans. (Credit: Dr. William Zachary Mills DVM, MPH, MBA) Valley fever, or coccidioidomycosis, is caused by a fungus ...

H5N1 avian influenza has long been a concerning virus. Since its discovery in 1996 in waterfowl, bird flu has occasionally caused isolated human cases that have quite often been fatal. But last year ...

The bird flu virus that is currently causing an outbreak in birds and cattle across the U.S. may be able to jump to humans via our cats. If the virus adapts to move swiftly between our furry friends, ...

The patient in Louisiana who was hospitalized with severe bird flu illness was found to have a mutated version of the virus, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced last ...

As spring weather sets in, fears of a bird flu pandemic have not materialized, and there is less cause for worry than there was in the winter. Experts say the short-term risk of a pandemic is low, but ...

Millions of birds in U.S. poultry farms and some cattle herds have been affected, but the overall risk to humans remains low. Still, a number of human cases have been documented as a new CDC report ...

A fatal virus has reportedly been discovered in shrews in Alabama, sparking concerns about potential contagion to humans. The Camp Hill virus — thought to be the first "henipavirus" in North America — ...

Researchers in California believe dogs might be able to predict the spread of Valley fever, which has spiked nationwide, likely due to climate change. With more than a third of the contiguous U.S. in ...