According to Chinese officials, there have been 21 cases of H5N6 bird flu in people this year. Yue Zhiqiang/VCG via Getty Images According to the World Health Organization, there have been no ...

A man in China has been hospitalized with the H5N6 strain of the bird flu, one of several potentially deadly viruses that have been discovered in poultry flocks over the years, reports said Thursday.

China has reported 21 cases of the H5N6 subtype of bird flu this year, compared with only five last year, leaving experts concerned that the strain currently circulating is more infectious than ...

A researcher checking a chicken at a farm in Xiangyang, China, in 2017. The H5N6 virus is one of several potentially dangerous types of flu found in poultry or wild birds.

A 49-year-old man from China is believed to be the world’s first human infected with the H5N6 avian flu strain. The man, who was from Nanbu county in Sichuan province, died Tuesday in a hospital ...

The H5N6 strain is usually for the birds, so to speak. Since 2014, there have only been 63 reported human cases of avian influenza A(H5N6) in China. Therefore, ...

A third human H5N6 avian flu case has been reported in south China's Guangdong Province within two weeks, local health authorities said Thursday. The new patient is a 25-year-old man from Longgang ...

A 49-year-old man from China is believed to be the world’s first human infected with the H5N6 avian flu strain. The man, who was from Nanbu county in Sichuan province, died Tuesday in a hospital ...