The Latest Breaking News from Bird Flu

The 59-year-old man had fever, diarrhea and nausea, among other symptoms. The UN body said that the risk assessment for the population is still low

A man's death in Mexico was caused by a strain of bird flu called H5N2 that has never before been found in a human, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. However, the UN agency did not reveal how the man got infected.

A 59-year-old resident of the State of Mexico has died from bird flu in the first confirmed case of a human infected with the H5N2 variant, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday. The patient passed away on April 24 after experiencing fever, shortness of breath, diarrhea, and nausea.…

Scientists are on alert for signs the virus is adapting to spread more easily among humans, after the WHO announced the death from April

Health authorities say a man in Mexico died from a type of bird flu called H5N2 that has never before been found in a human

New research in marine mammals suggests the virus is increasingly adapting to mammalian hosts.

"Does that mean milk is safe to drink and won't transmit bird flu? Yes and no"

A fourth chicken farm in Victoria has tested positive for a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu as authorities prepare to cull all birds on the property.

Recent outbreaks of bird flu – in US dairy herds, poultry farms in Australia and elsewhere, and isolated cases in humans – have raised the issue of food safety.

A third Victorian chicken farm will cull tens of thousands of hens after a deadly strain of avian flu was found, sparking a warning about egg supplies.

This infection, tied to an ongoing outbreak in cows, is the first in the U.S. to cause respiratory symptoms, but not the first H5N1 case in the world to do so.