Japan is facing the worst influenza outbreak in 25 years. This has been further highlighted by the death of Taiwanese actress ...

Although no avian influenza cases have been detected in the country, the Health Minister is not taking any chances and wants ...

A rapid rise in avian influenza outbreaks in January led to the culling ... avian influenza has been spreading rapidly throughout Japan. The situation has reached a level of serious concern ...

Several of Japan’s recent outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza have hit commercial layer flocks, resulting in a sudden jump in market prices.

Tokyo, Jan. 31 (Jiji Press)--Japan’s agriculture ministry on Friday held a meeting of its task force to respond to a series of outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza. At of 4 p.m. Friday ...

The progression of the species-jumping disease has been unprecedented, including the first-ever U.S. cases of infections in ...

A human pandemic is not inevitable even now, more than a dozen experts said in interviews. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Avian influenza, or “bird flu,” is a disease caused by influenza A viruses that spread widely among wild birds, and can cause outbreaks in commercial and backyard poultry flocks. Though there are many ...

Two European regulators said on Wednesday they were tracking variants of the bird flu virus due to the threat of the pathogen ...