An outbreak of avian influenza affecting poultry and livestock has led to the culling of hundreds of millions of birds, ...
An Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation." ...
Illinois Wildlife Extension Specialist Joy O'Keefe and Wildlife Medical Clinic Director Stephany Lewis say the virus threat ...
Since 2021, experts have seen bird flu — also called H5 influenza or highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) — spreading "fairly quickly" across the wild and domestic bird populations and, now, among ...
Bird flu infects many species, including wild animals, according to the United Nations. Ducks, quail and at least one eagle ...
In February 2024, government veterinarians in the Czech Republic investigating a bird flu outbreak found themselves in the ...
With so much H5N1 circulating in the U.S., scientists worry we are a few mutations away from a potential human pandemic.
A poultry farm in Crow Wing County is the latest in Minnesota with a confirmed case of highly pathogenic avian influenza.
The US Department of Agriculture last week issued a conditional license for an avian flu vaccine for use in chickens, as an ...
Today, few Americans remember the 1957 bird flu pandemic – the one that sputtered out before it did real damage. Will we get lucky again?