A woman in Platte County, Wyo., has been hospitalized with the state's first reported case of H5N1 avian flu, the fourth severe case in the U.S., CIDRAP reported Feb. 17.

The US is reconsidering its bird flu strategy, potentially moving towards vaccination after years of culling infected flocks.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is expected “in the coming days” to announce a new strategy for fighting the bird flu ...

The illness, which infects chickens and many other birds, has pushed egg prices through the roof in the past few months. Vaccinating flocks, however, could hurt the poultry industry on the global ...