Both patients were dairy workers whose illnesses were mild. Investigators are continuing to evaluate the contacts of a ...

Is there human-to-human spread of H5N1 bird flu? The CDC is awaiting antibody test results from the Missouri patient and ...

California, the biggest U.S. milk-producing state, on Thursday confirmed two human cases of bird flu in people who had ...

Hospital workers reported respiratory symptoms after encountering a Missouri patient with H5N1 who had not been exposed to ...

Missouri officials are under growing pressure from national public health experts to pinpoint the source of the state’s first ...

Further testing could confirm whether the patient, who has since recovered, actually had bird flu despite testing positive.

Chances are low that human-to-human spread of bird flu occurred in a group of people who were exposed to a patient infected ...

Testing is ongoing among five health care workers and a household member exposed to the infected person who all came down ...

Federal officials plan to double the stockpile of emergency bird flu vaccines as they identify more people infected with the ...

None of the health care workers or other contact have tested positive for avian flu antibodies so far — but could their ...

Four additional healthcare workers in Missouri who came in contact with a hospitalized bird flu patient developed mild ...

As more farm workers get sick with avian influenza, the US federal government is putting $72 million toward strengthening its ...