Last winter, avian flu cases were seen in waterfowl, gulls and birds of prey. The poultry industry was also hit hard. We are concerned that this winter could be even worse. We are entering what’s ...

Oregon officials said people should avoid contact with birds that seem sick or are dead to avoid spreading a highly ...

H5N1 bird flu has been circulating in U.S. wildlife since late 2021 but has caused only one human fatality. Now a different ...

As bird flu continues to be a problem across the US, a fifth flock of sick birds have been confirmed in Georgia. Here's what we know about the virus.

Scientists have discovered that avian influenza viruses have a gene that makes them incredibly resistant to heat, rendering ...

The death from bird flu of a person in Washington is a reminder that avian flu is circulating widely during flu season, ...

Headlines about avian influenza and its spread to other animals concern me. How worried should I be about the bird flu ...

H5N1 bird flu has infected growing numbers of people worldwide in recent years, but this week saw something new: the first ...

More than a dozen vultures dead, we still don’t know what happened to those birds, but their bodies were found this week in a ...

While it remains seasonal in poultry, the disease is spreading in dairy cows and infecting hundreds of other ...

After a summer lull in U.S. cases of avian influenza in both poultry and dairy cattle—and no human infections reported in the country since February—the virus is back. The currently circulating bird ...

Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed.