Preventing a pandemic means early detection of bird flu strains — surveillance of viral spread and influenza infections in ...

Bird flu infections have been rare among people, but the pathogen is evolving, which has scientists worried about a possible ...

A variant of the bird flu virus, collected in 2016 and no longer in circulation, was just one mutation away from being able ...

H5N1 bird flu has now crossed into U.S. dairy cattle for the first time, and alarmingly, it did so through just one spillover ...

Fears the world is heading towards another pandemic are growing, as new data shows the spread of the deadly bird flu virus ...

Avian flu strains tend to only affect birds, but the current outbreak has spread to cattle and – in rare cases – people. The ...

Dubbed the Avian Flu Influenza Area Surveillance Testing or AFAST project, some clinics in the state are giving $25 in gift ...

The North Dakota Department of Agriculture has confirmed a case of highly pathogenic bird flu in a backyard chicken flock in ...

Australian and Dutch researchers have uncovered a remarkable evolutionary adaptation in birds that could hold vital clues for ...

So far, the Department of Agriculture has confirmed a staggering 41 outbreaks this year that struck down entire egg-laying flocks in Arizona, California, Iowa, Indiana, Missouri, North Carolina, ...

Today, we look at eggs and the rise of avian flu that began in 2023. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor, in March, the ...

H5N1 — the bird flu virus — demands redoubling efforts to prevent its spread to humans. As most people know, influenza is seasonal and occurs primarily in the winter, spreading from person to ...