Early in tonight's ABC movie, "Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America," the question on everyone's mind is asked: "How bad do you think it will be?" The question was about the disease, but the rest of us ...

After a Richmond man was identified as the Typhoid Mary of the bird flu era, Virginia health officials rushed into action, sealing off quarantined neighborhoods with cyclone fences and barbed wire.

Although bird flu infections in humans remain rare, this case marks a significant development in flu surveillance in the U.S.

A Washington resident died of complications from an infection with a bird flu strain never before reported in humans, the state Department of Health said on Friday.