HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins have expressed interest in letting H5N1 ...

The Brazilian Agriculture Ministry updated on Thursday the list of countries that have placed restrictions on chicken trade ...

The risk to the public remained low, but people in close contact with dairy cattle may be at an increased risk, the state ...

Bird flu led to the deaths of nearly 50 million domestic birds in 2024 and more than 19 million already this year, according to USDA. Any poultry farm where the virus is detected must put all its ...

New research uses bird droppings to track avian flu in remote regions, revealing hidden hotspots and potential for early ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza is having a deadly effect on Michigan’s eagle population. A 2022 outbreak reduced breeding ...

Bird flu can be transmitted from birds to humans if they come in close contact with infected animals. According to experts, infected birds shed flu viruses in their saliva, mucous, and feces.

Avian influenza, or bird flu, is a broad term that refers to several types of influenza that normally infect birds. The bird flu that’s been making news in the United States is a virus called H5N1.

Bird flu continues to affect the availability and price of eggs as the disease hits farms and wipes out flocks. Last year, bird flu killed more than 40 million egg-laying birds.

Birds without natural immunity that migrate or roost together in large flocks, such as geese, are most likely to die in large numbers. A recent bird flu outbreak among migratory eared grebes in Utah ...

Scientists concerned over eggs for bird flu vaccine 03:19. Even a peep of news about a new flu pandemic is enough to set scientists clucking about eggs.. They worried about them in 2005, and in ...

The bird flu virus is responsible for an ongoing outbreak in dairy cows in the United States. Since March, it has been detected in cows in 11 states, and in wastewater from several others.