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

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

Scientists at the University at Buffalo are working on a potential new vaccine to combat bird flu. They say it may be easier ...

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

HealthDay News — On Tuesday, the US Department of Health and Human Services announced that the government will invest $176 million in Moderna to expedite the creation of a pandemic influenza vaccine, ...

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

Robert Redfield, a former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), warned that it is "not a question ...

If you really want to feed wild birds, you need to have the feeder in an area that your cat or dog is not able to access.

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, ...

Dubbed the Avian Flu Influenza Area Surveillance Testing or AFAST project, some clinics in the state are giving $25 in gift ...

SANTA FE COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) — A dog in Santa Fe county was diagnosed with plague, according to the New Mexico Department of ...

Avian flu strains tend to only affect birds, but the current outbreak has spread to cattle and – in rare cases – people. The ...