If you’re someone who eats eggs, should you be worried about bird flu? Here’s what you need to know about bird flu and egg ...

A dangerous bird flu, in other words, was suddenly circulating in mammals—mammals with which people have ongoing, extensive contact. “Holy cow,” says Thomas Friedrich, a virologist at the University ...

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.

In recent news appearances, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has suggested allowing ...

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

While rare, cats can indeed fall ill, or even die, from bird flu after consuming contaminated raw meat or milk, according to Dr Jane Sykes, an expert in infectious diseases in cats and dogs at the ...

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

can "make you sick." Cooking poultry and eggs to an internal temperature of 165 degrees Fahrenheit will kill bacteria and viruses like bird flu, according to the CDC. The agency suggests ...

Some recent, early studies suggest that the virus can ... you have to view each one as replicating and making more virus.” The U.S. is also investing in enhanced biosecurity measures to stop ...

“You go to the pet shop and it was ... food is heated to a high enough temperature to kill pathogens before it’s packaged, but bird flu can linger in raw food if it’s sourced from infected ...

Bird flu has been spreading ... is a luxury term. So, you know, let's say, for example, the bird is not doing well, or it's not producing eggs, or not putting on weight. You can cull a bird ...