Health officials are making a renewed call for vigilance against bird flu, but some experts are puzzling over why reports of ...

The first death caused by H5N1 bird flu was reported in January 2025. Some believe the virus could eventually pose a ...

Also, the CDC did not list the Essex County case on its chart of poultry outbreaks within the state. Bird flu is a highly contagious disease spread among poultry and wild birds, and it results in ...

according to a chart of staff departures seen by Reuters and a source familiar with the situation. Also leaving are 20%-30% of staff at one USDA lab that tests for animal disease like bird flu, a ...

Headlines as of late have sounded alarms about the spread of the avian flu, known more colloquially as the bird flu. Over the last year, a highly pathogenic avian influenza, A(H5N1), has ...

Health experts have shared alarming bird flu symptoms following warnings that a "pandemic" could be on the horizon - with the poultry industry at risk overseas. Top specialists in the US have ...

Bird flu outbreaks have forced tens of millions of chickens to be culled across nine states over the past year as more hotspots continue to emerge. So far, the Department of Agriculture has ...

Scientists have been keeping an eye on bird flu ever since it was first discovered nearly 30 years ago. Experts have long recognized that the H5N1 virus that causes the disease has pandemic ...