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

US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr made a controversial suggestion as to how to tackle the problem of H5N1 bird flu: ...

The virus has not yet evolved to spread efficiently between people. Excellent vaccine technology exists, but the government ...

South Africa's Department of Agriculture announced the launch of its first poultry vaccination programme against highly pathogenic avian influenza, sparking both optimism and scepticism within the ind ...

Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen made the announcement during a media briefing on Tuesday, lauding the permit approval ...

The University of Minnesota is stepping up efforts to identify biological threats that could trigger an epidemic, launching ...

The U.S’s biggest dairy-producing state is being squeezed by the recent outbreak of bird flu, which also affects cattle—and ...

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

Dr Nadeem Shabir For now, the general public’s risk remains low. The CDC maintains that these are isolated cases of animal-to ...

A tiny insect called a midge spreads the disease, and the earliest known case dates back to 1955 in a forest worker near a ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins have expressed interest in letting H5N1 ...