The H3N2 flu strain is causing a surge in hospitalizations in the United States, with experts urging Canadians to be cautious. Recent data ...

Japan flu outbreak: Japan is grappling with an unusually early and severe flu epidemic, leading to widespread hospitalisations and school c...

Brazil, the world's largest exporter, reported its first ever bird flu outbreak in a chicken breeding farm in the south.

Brazil's poultry sector faces challenges due to a bird flu outbreak. Officials hope China and other nations will ease import bans. A nation...

Japan has confirmed an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza at a poultry farm in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima, local m...

The avian influenza virus has the tendency to kill entire flocks of birds and can cause losses to the farming sector.

The risk to humans is low, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization. As a precaution, people are ...

The infected person is a man in his 30s who has returned from Europe and is currently in a hospital, Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike told repor...

More than 370,000 head of poultry will be slaughtered and buried after avian influenza was discovered at two breeding farms in Mimasaka cit...

Japan said Wednesday that it was suspending imports of poultry from Britain after a bird flu outbreak on a farm.

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Google expanded a flu-tracking tool to include 16 more countries, analyzing local patterns in search queries to determine the spread of the...

Cash-strapped Japan Airlines is considering slashing about 5,000 employees or 10 per cent of its group workforce by March 2012 to reduce co...

Economic confidence polls are rising but big economies still face dizzying falls in growth. Companies report huge losses and job cuts but s...

Japan has banned poultry imports from Canada after a bird flu outbreak in the North American country, the agriculture ministry said Friday.

The World Health Organisation warned Monday against complacency in the fight against bird flu, saying another human influenza pandemic is i...

With Myanmar and Bangladesh reporting bird flu cases, the Centre has asked border states to revamp their detection systems and be extra vig...