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

More than 100 federal scientists who track bird flu, including vaccine and food safety experts, have been laid off. This comes as the deadly pathogen rips through dairy herds and poultry flocks.

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 ...

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

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 ...

The dairy safety program, which was created to monitor avian flu risks, has dried up as the agency shuts down labs and ...

Each year, seasonal flu sickens about 1 billion people worldwide and causes approximately 290,000 to 650,000 respiratory ...

Biologically, H5N1 isn't so different from any other influenza A virus—the type that resides mainly in wild birds, as well as ...

Bird flu cases continue to be detected in live poultry markets in the city two months after the state temporarily shut them ...

What avian flu precautions can I take to protect my livestock? Keep your flock away from open water sources that wild birds ...

The FDA has halted its quality control program that tests milk but promised to protect the safety of the pasteurized milk ...