The H7N9 avian flu virus greatly expanded its geographical range over the weekend, with two human cases reported in Beijing in the north of China, and another two in the central Henan province ...

Influenza experts are also considering the chance that H7N9, a new influenza virus that has never been seen in people before, may have another, non-avian-animal home.

BeijingScientists taking a first look at the genetics of a bird flu strain that has killed three people in China said Wednesday that the virus could be harder to track than its better-known cousin ...

H7N9 Bird Flu Outbreak: The spread of avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has ravaged flocks around the world, disrupting supply and fuelling higher food prices. Its spread to mammals ...

As the first human cases of H7N9 bird flu infection outside of China begin to emerge—in Taiwan and Hong Kong—health officials around the world are preparing for a potentially perfect storm for ...

Before this year the H7N9 bird flu virus linked to 133 human infections and 43 deaths was never seen in people. All the available evidence suggests that an effective biological barrier apparently ...

New flu in China reveals its avian origins H7N9 influenza genes came from three bird viruses ...

The H7N9 bird flu can spread from one mammal to another – meaning it could also spread person to person, an international team of researchers reported Thursday. Researchers haven’t been ...

The new H7N9 bird flu strain continues to spread across China. Currently, more than 120 cases had been reported across 10 provinces, and 24 deaths. Yet no one knows where the virus started, which ...

On the same day yet another death was reported in China’s bird flu outbreak, the World Health Organization warned the H7N9 virus was one of the most lethal that doctors and medical investigators ...

In the 2017 outbreak, the Chinese government reported 759 cases of the H7N9 avian flu, with 281 deaths. By comparison, in 2016 there were 123 cases.