Japanese authorities began culling some 50,000 chickens Sunday after a bird flu outbreak at a farm in the northern Iwate region.

Japanese authorities have started culling about 50,000 chickens on Sunday (Jan 5) following a bird flu outbreak at a farm.

The rise of bird flu across farms in California has raised questions about the virus and its potential threat to humans.

As the seasonal flu picks up, there are even more opportunities for the bird flu to acquire mutations as the different influenza viruses mix.

The Pennsylvania Game Commission and wildlife rehabilitators are studying the deaths of snow geese in eastern Pennsylvania. Here's why ...

The agency says it is looking for red flags, but the risk to the public still remains low. Meanwhile, a Louisiana patient with a severe case of bird flu showed worrying mutations in the samples ...

The Wild Felid Advocacy Center of Washington is under quarantine amid a devastating bird flu outbreak that has killed 20 big ...

But while the current risk from our fuzzy feline friends is considered very low, public health officials nonetheless have ...

Archival footage shows Tabbi, a half-Bengal tiger, and Thumper, a Eurasian lynx, playing at the Wild Felid Advocacy Center of Washington. They were among 20 big cats that died from bird flu at the ...

H5N6 has also been found in some wild birds in the UK, but this is a different strain to the H5N6 virus that has infected some people in China. The bird-flu outbreak comes as an estimated one in ...

WASHINGTON, D.C — Wholesale egg prices are shattering records as an accelerating outbreak of bird flu in laying hens slashes ... to slap tariffs on goods from China and Mexico.