Avian influenza, or bird flu, is highly infectious in birds and usually fatal. While it doesn't spread to humans nearly as much, it has a high fatality rate.

Outbreaks of avian flu are decimating poultry farms, but the virus doesn't yet pose a significant threat to humans. Sign Up for Our Ideas Newsletter POV Subscribe Subscribe ...

Russian health officials reported a new strain of avian flu never before transmitted from birds to humans Saturday, after an outbreak first occurred in a poultry farm last December. Anna Popova ...

Although human cases of the avian flu are rare, they "can happen when enough virus gets into a person’s eyes, nose, or mouth, or is inhaled," the CDC said.

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Okay, mm hmm. It's an avian influenza is one of those viruses that has us concerned, especially for the birds that are in our care here. Some of the steps that we took when we elevated our avian ...