Easy replication in cattle mammary glands means H5N1 bird flu is under no evolutionary pressure to adapt to spread easily in humans.

Preventing a pandemic means early detection of bird flu strains — surveillance of viral spread and influenza infections in ...

H5N1 bird flu has now crossed into U.S. dairy cattle for the first time, and alarmingly, it did so through just one spillover ...

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.

So far, the Department of Agriculture has confirmed a staggering 41 outbreaks this year that struck down entire egg-laying flocks in Arizona, California, Iowa, Indiana, Missouri, North Carolina, ...

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has discovered avian flu in several species of mammals, including skunks, foxes and ...

Does avian influenza affect wild birds? Find out if you need to take down bird feeders. Plus learn the risk to backyard ...

A recent study has revealed that a single genetic change in a strain of the highly pathogenic H5 influenza virus could ...

Looking beyond jabs, sprays or tablets, scientists are thinking outside the box for delivering antiviral medication to ...

It was a first for cows last March when the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the highly pathogenic avian flu virus ...

AUSTIN, Texas — State officials have confirmed cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) – also known as bird flu – ...