There’s been no confirmed case of human-to-human transmission. There are currently a number of indications that “avian flu is knocking on our door and could start a new pandemic any day,” according to ...

While the state health department said the risk to the public remains low, the death is raising concern over whether the bird flu could lead to another pandemic or lockdown. H5N1 has infected ...

PARIS: Health experts have been sounding the alarm about the potential pandemic threat posed by bird flu, which has been showing signs of mutating as it spreads among cows and infects people in the ...

While it’s possible for bird flu to cause a pandemic (a dangerous, worldwide outbreak of illness), it’s unlikely. It can only happen if the virus mutates, or changes so that it’s easier for ...

Bird flu has swooped into 108 countries across five continents, according to the UN health agency. Outbreaks of the virus, officially known as H5N1, are a yearly occurrence. But this year, it has ...

Health experts are sounding alarms over the evolving bird flu, which has spread to cows and humans in the U.S., with concerns it could soon mutate into a more dangerous form for people Health experts ...

And if a bird flu pandemic was to break out, it would be "remarkably severe" in humans because we have no built-up immunity, she added. The US farm worker cases have been relatively mild so far.

Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/AFP Health experts have been sounding the alarm about the potential pandemic threat posed by bird flu, which has been showing signs of mutating as it spreads among cows and ...

but this child tested positive for a strain of bird flu, called H5N1, which infectious disease experts worry could fuel the next human pandemic. The virus first emerged on poultry farms in Hong ...

Paris: Health experts have been sounding the alarm about the potential pandemic threat posed by bird flu, which has been showing signs of mutating as it spreads among cows and infects people in ...

"I don't know if the bird flu will become a pandemic, but if it does, we are screwed." To understand how the bird flu got out of hand, KFF Health News interviewed nearly 70 government officials ...

Health experts have been sounding the alarm about the potential pandemic threat posed by bird flu, which has been showing signs of mutating as it spreads among cows and infects people in the United ...