Bird flu continues to spread quickly through the U.S. farm system because that system is inherently a viral playground.

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

Deadly viruses throughout history From the Ebola to COVID-19, diseases caused by viruses have killed humans throughout history. Viruses are much older than human beings, possibly even older than ...

A Victorian farmer who had to kill more 500,000 chickens to control an outbreak of bird flu has detailed the financial and ...

Long Island’s last commercial duck farm is rebuilding after a bird flu outbreak forced the destruction of its entire ...

Both swine and avian influenza are strains of influenza A. Just as swine flu strains tend to infect pigs, avian flu strains ...

Bird flu has been making its way around the world since 1997 but had been largely confined to wild birds until recent years. since emerging in 2020 in Europe, the current bird flu strain, H5N1 ...

Humanity is facing the worst bird flu crisis on record. Since the disease’s resurgence in the 2020-2021 season, at least 250 million poultry have been culled around the world to nip outbreaks in the ...

To be perfectly clear, there is currently no known person-to-person spread of avian flu and experts say the current public health risk is low, per the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Ducks have generally been less prone to serious illness and death than chickens and turkeys, he said. H5N1 is also vexing American cattle farmers after the virus jumped from fowl to cattle last year.

The Davis lab is the only entity in the state with the authority to confirm bird flu cases. The union, known as UPTE, represents about 20,000 researchers and other technical workers across the ...