Bird flu infections have been rare among people, but the pathogen is evolving, which has scientists worried about a possible ...

Texas health and wildlife officials have detected avian flu in at least four mammal species across six counties on the High Plains.

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 ...

Although the rate of increase appears to be falling, new outbreaks of avian influenza in commercial poultry have been ...

As the spring progresses in the northern hemisphere, the number of reported highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) ...

Public health officials in at least one state are now offering money as an incentive to encourage people to get screened or ...

Feed stores are selling out of baby chickens. But there are downsides to having a backyard flock, such as cost and potential ...

As spring weather sets in, fears of a bird flu pandemic have not materialized, and there is less cause for worry than there was in the winter. Experts say the ...

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.

Bird flu has long been a concern for scientists, but recent developments have raised alarms about its potential to cause a global pandemic. The discovery in 2024 that the H5N1 virus had jumped from ...

A vaccine under development has demonstrated complete protection in mice against a deadly variant of the virus that causes bird flu. The work focuses on the H5N1 variant known as 2.3.4.4b, which has ...