By Nina B. Elkadi for Sentient. Broadcast version by Judith Ruiz-Branch for Illinois News Connection reporting for the ...

Dozens of dead geese were found in a park in Mercer County. Egg prices have reached an all-time high. What’s the connection between the geese and your expensive morning omelet? Avian influenza.

Bird flu, or H5N1 avian influenza, has been circulating across North America since 2022, infecting birds, livestock, wildlife ...

A new biosensor from Washington University detects airborne H5N1 in five minutes, offering a faster, more effective tool for ...

On these fronts, the situation with bird flu in California is improving since its height in December 2024 when Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency, according to testimony at a Senate joint ...

Gaps in surveillance and cuts by the Trump administration to medical research threaten to undermine efforts to contain a ...

New infections in animals should heighten concern of human H5N1.

A year ago, the H5N1 strain of bird flu was first found in U.S. cows. Since then, there have been cases in herds in 17 states, including 13 in Iowa.

The outbreak has sickened and killed millions of animals, caused alarm among farmers, and, perhaps most notably to the public ...

The outbreak of bird flu that began in the United States in 2022 among wild birds and poultry has since spread to dairy ...

The D1.1 strain of H5N1, now spreading in dairy herds, has a mutation that enhances replication in mammals. Could this be a ...

The CDC posted a bird flu update to the health agency’s website on Wednesday, the first since President Donald Trump took ...