The death from bird flu of a person in Washington is a reminder that avian flu is circulating widely during flu season, ...

The Grant County Health District (GCHD) has wrapped up its response to an avian influenza outbreak at a local poultry farm.

The Grant County Health District announced that it has completed all response activities related to the recent outbreak of ...

Nearly two dozen U.S. senators urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a letter, to "prioritize" a vaccine strategy for ...

A Washington state man has been infected with a strain of bird flu that has previously only been detected in animals, and never in humans. Earlier this month, the “severely ill” man was hospitalized ...

After a Western Washington resident became the first human to contract a rare form of avian flu, you may be wondering if you’re at risk of getting sick.

The National Turkey Federation, the United Egg Producers and the National Milk Producers Federation. endorsed the senators’ ...

A Washington resident died of complications from an infection with a bird flu strain never before reported in humans, the state Department of Health said on Friday.

The letter was signed by Senators Mike Rounds (R-SD) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), ranking member of the Senate Agriculture ...

New research reveals that the bird flu viruses may be capable of replicating at temperatures higher than an average fever, a key bodily defense mechanism against severe infection. The international ...