Avian influenza, or “bird flu,” is a disease caused by influenza A viruses that spread widely among wild birds, and can cause outbreaks in commercial and backyard poultry flocks. Though there ...

CDC finds H5 bird flu antibodies in 3 veterinary practitioners, highlighting need for enhanced surveillance and safety protocols.

UC Davis researchers have found that acidification can kill H5N1 in waste milk, providing dairy farmers an affordable, ...

Avian influenza (AI) continues to kill large numbers of migratory birds in eastern Pennsylvania as state officials have looked to slow the virus through organized shooting efforts. The Game ...

We talked to experts about where the science is on risks to humans and how the virus is messing with the food supply.

Originally found mostly in wild birds and poultry, H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b, genotype D1.1, was discovered in dairy cattle last ...

Federal health officials say a dairy worker in Nevada has been infected with a new type of bird flu that’s different from the ...

A second type of bird flu has been found in U.S. dairy cows for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced.

A dairy worker in Nevada is the state’s first human case of bird flu after the employee was exposed to infected dairy cattle.

since emerging in 2020 in Europe, the current bird flu strain, H5N1, has been declared the largest avian flu epidemic ever on that continent and has spread to Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

A chicken farm has been put into quarantine, only a few days after the Federal Government declared Australia free of avian ...