Researchers are working on new, faster ways to diagnosis bird flu and other dangerous influenza strains before they can erupt into a full-fledged pandemic. Avian flu, or H5N1, does not spread easily ...

Dairy farmworkers have a higher risk of contracting avian influenza, because they may come into contact with infected animals. Dairy herds have been the source of infection in 41 of the 70 human cases ...