With backyard chickens driving 37% of active bird flu cases, here's what every flock owner needs to know now.

Think your backyard flock is safe from bird flu? The latest numbers say it's time to take a closer look.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Workers who are in frequent contact with potentially sick animals are at high risk of bird flu infection. Costfoto/NurPhoto via ...

Serious infections with influenza A viruses are characterized by an excessive immune response, known as cytokine storm. It was previously unclear why some virus strains trigger these storms, while ...

Experts have urged Australians to get their annual vaccination after a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu was discovered in ...

As highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza continues to spread in the U.S., posing serious threats to dairy and poultry farms, both farmers and public health experts need better ways to monitor for ...

Authorities have confirmed three seabirds have died of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus. It is too ...

When a pathogen like a dangerous virus invades the human body, it usually has to enter human cells to cause an illness. Influenza has to latch onto a receptor on the surface of a human cell so it can ...

Study finds even trace exposure to H5N1 virus can trigger infection as spread between dairy herds remains unclear ...

Disease forecasts are like weather forecasts: We cannot predict the finer details of a particular outbreak or a particular storm, but we can often identify when these threats are emerging and prepare ...