Today, the Honorable Mark Holland, Minister of Health, announced a $5.2 million investment through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), in collaboration with other federal and provincial ...

There have been dozens of confirmed human cases of bird flu in the U.S. this year. Experts discuss the symptoms, risks and ...

H5N1 avian influenza, more commonly known as bird flu, has infected more than 100 million birds in the U.S. and almost 500 ...

Researchers have identified new roles for a protein long known to protect against severe flu infection – among them, raising the minimum number of viral particles needed to cause sickness.

A Canadian teen who is in critical condition after contracting H5N1 bird flu was infected with a version of the virus that is different from the one circulating in U.S. cattle.

A Canadian teenager is hospitalized in critical condition with bird flu, health officials reported Tuesday.

British Columbia health officials have yet to identify a likely source of the infection, though none of the teen's contacts ...

Cases of H5N1 bird flu in U.S. dairy and poultry workers have largely been mild. However, a new case in a British Columbia ...

Viruses work by taking control of our cells and carefully reprogramming them into machines to make more viruses. Because of ...

Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu in American dairy herds and poultry flocks, Canadian officials have announced ...

Drinking raw unpasteurized milk can be dangerous because of the presence of pathogenic bacteria and viruses. The latest reason to add to the list is the presence of Influenza H5N1, ...

But if that were to happen, a pandemic could unfold ... Canada has had no cases reported in dairy cattle and no evidence of ...