It takes several hours for the results of a polymerase chain reaction test, which “detects genetic material from a pathogen ...

While the risk of contracting and dying from the H5N1 avian flu remains low for humans, researchers continue to hunt for ...

Determined to cut costs and manage communications, the Trump administration is moving too slowly to contain the virus, ...

Risks remain dangerously high, and health professionals say we shouldn’t confuse the government’s silence for safety.

Avian influenza has been rampaging in wild birds around the world since late 2021. It can be considered widespread in wild ...

Scientists have been keeping an eye on bird flu ever since it was first discovered ... and there are far fewer tests being performed." Rasmussen is an American based in Canada, where she teaches ...

The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) is reporting no cases of bird flu in its dairy cattle or milk supply.

A group of leading global virologists has published a comprehensive analysis advocating for a coordinated multi-government ...

Wastewater disease surveillance has become central to public health officials’ ability to track the H5N1 bird flu that's now ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Skyrocketing egg prices and tens of millions of dead chickens are both linked to the avian flu that's sweeping the country. The strain has infected at least 70 people, including ...

WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - The National Academy of Sciences has canceled a workshop on preventing human bird flu infections after being told to stop work on the event by the U.S. Centers for ...