In Albert Camus’ novel, The Plague, set in the French Algerian town of Oran, rats one day begin showing up dead on residents’ doorsteps, dying with violent spasms and blood pouring from their mouths.

The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has been found in seabirds in two Australian states. But don't be fooled by the name: This virus also rapidly infects other animals. It has caused havoc in poultry ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW YORK — Bird flu circulating in a handful of live poultry markets in New York City prompted weeklong closures of markets in the ...

Mississippi Board of Animal Health announced that highly pathogenic bird flu has been found in a Mississippi poultry flock. Is a new pandemic on the horizon? According to a news release from MBAH, the ...

Kolkata: In the wake of the bird flu outbreak among animals in some zoos, particularly in the Central part of the country, the West Bengal Zoo Authority(WBZA) as a preventive measure has prohibited ...