Colleen Chawla is settling into an important role for San Mateo County: as its chief health officer who manages 2,200 ...

A major study warns that cats need to be monitored more closely as bird flu-carrying birds migrate across the world and pose a greater threat of human-to-human transmission. In recent years, we have ...

H5N1 is particularly lethal for poultry, often leading to the rapid death of entire flocks. Cattle, on the other hand, have shown a stronger ability to recover. Human infections have remained rare and ...

National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya celebrated President Trump's executive order preventing the U.S.

H5N1 is a highly contagious strain of avian influenza A that primarily affects birds. It has circulated for years, but a more virulent variant emerged in 2024, decimating poultry flocks and raising ...

Even critics of the global health organization say that the United States' withdrawal won’t solve pressing problems.

Instead of banning raw milk, a key agriculture bill now proposes studying the feasibility of making raw milk even more ...

Among animals, more than 169 million commercial poultry or backyard birds have been infected in the current H5N1 outbreak, ...

Bird flu is spreading to dairy farms in our region, according to federal officials tracking the virus. It has been found on ...

A call-to-action has been made by the Global Virus Network, who are urging world governments to increase surveillance and ...

Bird flu is continuing to spread in animals across the U.S. Here's what you need to know about the current situation.