The US is reconsidering its bird flu strategy, potentially moving towards vaccination after years of culling infected flocks.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is expected “in the coming days” to announce a new strategy for fighting the bird flu ...

The Public Health Agency of Canada said Wednesday it's purchased 500,000 doses of a human vaccine to protect against avian influenza for those most at risk from being exposed to the virus by infected ...

Rising numbers of great-horned owls, bald eagles and red-tailed hawks have been getting sick and dying of bird flu this winter as the virus continues to mutate and ...

The country’s poor public health response to the outbreak is rooted in the inability to bring in dairy farmers as partners.

As egg prices continue to skyrocket due to the avian flu outbreak, egg farmers are having to invest millions of dollars in ...

Bill Stamets was on one of his regular early evening walks along 57th Street beach earlier this month when he came across a handful of dead birds clumped together near ...

The virus is spreading with greater speed among animals, with transmission to humans increasing. But risk to the general public is still low, experts say.

A component found in all fungi may provide a shield against flu-related lung damage, according to a new study.

Scientists Identify Mutation That Could Facilitate H5N1 'Bird Flu' Virus Infection and Potential Transmission in Humans Dec. 5, 2024 — Avian influenza viruses typically require several mutations ...

Eggs have been crucial to vaccine production for decades. Bettmann/Getty Images Alexandra M. Lord, Smithsonian Institution In recent months, Americans ...

A new study says the flu A viral strain can adapt shape to stay infectious. Infectious disease doctors break down what this ...