Pet owners must take "proper precautions to reduce the risk of spread," said Dr. Susan Nelson, a veterinarian and professor.

While a pandemic is not inevitable, the spread of the bird flu virus, also known as H5N1, has surpassed worrisome milestones ...

The H5N1 virus is so prevalent in nature that experts ... including washing your hands frequently, wearing gloves and a mask when handling them, and monitoring closely for any signs of sickness.

Three dairy veterinarians, including one who worked only in states with no known bird flu outbreaks in cows, had recent, ...

But if H5N1 mutated so that it could pass easily between people, "all of this may change," Chin-Hong said. "You might get ...

Some people didn’t know they had a bird flu infection, A new study shows the bird flu has silently spread from animals to ...