In a question and answer format, UC Riverside public policy professor Richard Carpiano and medical school professor Dr.

We talked to experts about where the science is on risks to humans and how the virus is messing with the food supply.

Poultry flocks infected with bird flu are culled to prevent the spread of the virus whereas culling wild birds is generally ...

A second subtype of H5 bird flu, known as D1.1, was detected in dairy cattle and infected one worker in the US state of ...

When bird flu first appeared, it was thought to be a risk primarily to birds and was felt unlikely to infect people. Infecting birds is bad enough: the current outbreak among chickens has been a major ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has entered a concerning new phase, demonstrating its adaptability by spreading from ...

Within 24 to 48 hours of the first detection of the virus, state and federal animal health officials work with farms to cull ...

That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and ...

Manufacturers of raw dog and cat food must do a better job detecting bird flu in products sold to pet owners, federal regulators announced Friday. Several cats, wild and domestic, in the U.S. have ...

Until last week, all bird flu in dairy herds had been identified as the B3.13 variant, which was believed to have come from ...

SUNDAY, Feb. 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- A rapidly-spreading H5N1 avian influenza, otherwise known as bird flu, has been ...

VANDERBURGH COUNTY, Ind. (WEHT) — The Indiana Department of Natural Resources is testing geese for avian flu after a video circulating on social media showed dead geese in Evansville. The avian flu, ...