Robert F. Kennedy Jr., told senators Thursday he would support the development and distribution of avian flu vaccines for people if confirmed as secretary of the Department of Health and Human ...

Bird flu has had a nationwide effect causing harm to the poultry and domestic animals but it also has been posing a risk to human health. While the health risk is low, people have been cautioned.

An earlier version of this story reported that the virus had been detected since then.) The number of bird flu ...

"This type of prevention can be very useful in controlling infection outbreaks and containing the bird flu pandemic," said an immunologist.

All nine macaques given the control developed severe disease when exposed to bird flu, as did all given the smallest dose of ...