HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins have expressed interest in letting H5N1 ...

Biosafety level (BSL)-3 facilities exist in a diffuse regulatory environment, where requirements depend on factors such as the kinds of pathogens under study, the type of research being conducted, and ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza is having a deadly effect on Michigan’s eagle population. A 2022 outbreak reduced breeding ...

The University of Minnesota is stepping up efforts to identify biological threats that could trigger an epidemic, launching ...

Bird flu continues to spread quickly through the U.S. farm system because that system is inherently a viral playground.

The U.S’s biggest dairy-producing state is being squeezed by the recent outbreak of bird flu, which also affects cattle—and ...

New research uses bird droppings to track avian flu in remote regions, revealing hidden hotspots and potential for early ...

Both swine and avian influenza are strains of influenza A. Just as swine flu strains tend to infect pigs, avian flu strains ...

The first H5N1 outbreak in North America began in 2021 when infected birds carried the virus across the ocean. It then ripped through poultry farms across the continent.

Trump administration takes aim at bird flu. For now, the cattle will have to wait New strategy focuses on economic threat posed by sick poultry over wider pandemic threat Justin Sullivan/Getty Images ...

Since 2021, experts have seen bird flu — also called H5N1 influenza or highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) — spreading "fairly quickly" across the wild and domestic bird populations and ...