New research uses bird droppings to track avian flu in remote regions, revealing hidden hotspots and potential for early ...

In the last outbreak of bird flu, more than 200 commercial flocks and 21 backyard flocks in the U.S. were affected, leading to the deaths of more than 50 million birds between 2014 and 2015.

Purdue University researchers now have developed an innovative, paper-based diagnostic test for rapidly detecting avian ...

Bird flu, also called avian influenza, is a viral infection that can cause flu in birds and sometimes spread to mammals, including humans. Migrating waterfowl (wild ducks, geese, and storks) are ...

Avian influenza spreads in birds, cows and other animals, and it can sometimes spread to people. In the United States, there has been 68 total reported human cases and one death.

Evaluating Potential Indicators of Welfare for Zoo Birds during an Avian Influenza Enforced Housing Order. Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens , 2024; 5 (3): 416 DOI: 10.3390/jzbg5030028 ...

Avian flu is not just for the birds; cases have been reported in the United States in dairy cows, as well as types of cats, a fox, a seal, and most recently, ...

According to the CDC, Bird flu is a disease caused by avian influenza A viruses that usually spread between birds, not people. Most human cases of bird flu in the U.S. have been mild so far, ...

In order to prevent avian influenza from spreading amongst birds who come into the World Bird Sanctuary, Klebe said staff has implemented a wide variety of protocols. When avian flu cases were first ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Birds with avian flu have been found in the Kansas City metro. “We are seeing random cases around here,” said Jacque Blessington, the director at Lakeside Nature ...

Bird flu has been invading the brains of mammals. Here’s why. H5N1 and its relatives are more likely to infect brain tissue than other kinds of flu ...

On Wednesday the CDC said that a patient has been hospitalized with a severe case of the avian influenza virus, or the "bird flu," in Louisiana. This case was confirmed by the CDC on Friday, Dec ...