H5N1 is a strain of type A avian influenza virus, commonly referred to as bird flu. It primarily affects birds, especially farmed poultry such as chickens, ducks, turkeys, and geese.

Since 2020, highly pathogenic avian flu (HPAI) has swept across the globe with devasting impacts on both wild birds and poultry. In addition, since the start of this global outbreak there have been ...

Georgia’s bald eagles are having an average nesting year – and that’s good news, according to the scientists who study them.

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

For those who feel taking medical advice from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is risky, consider his plan for avian flu. Suggesting we ...

Over the last three weeks there have been a number of cases of groups of dead wild sea birds washing up on shorelines in ...

Bird flu continues to spread quickly through the U.S. farm system because that system is inherently a viral playground.

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