An Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation." ...

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 ...

In February 2024, government veterinarians in the Czech Republic investigating a bird flu outbreak found themselves in the ...

A woman in Wyoming was hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu, according to health officials who say she was likely infected by handling sickened birds in a backyard ...

The woman, who lives in Platte County, Wyoming, likely was infected through direct contact with an infected poultry flock at her home, the state health department said in a news release. She has other ...

Two cats living in separate households in Multnomah County, Oregon, fell ill after consuming the raw pet food. After ...

Now that he has been confirmed as secretary of health and human services, Kennedy must recognize his performance is a matter of life-and-death on a population scale.

Explaining America’s weirdly complicated food inspection system, including who regulates poultry and eggs and how Robert F.

Many experts fear Kennedy will appoint vaccine skeptics to key roles in federal agencies and hinder infectious disease research.

Senate Republicans were supposed to protect us from nominees like RFK Jr. His confirmation is proof of their failure.

A positive case of highly pathogenic avian influenza, also known as H5N1, or “bird flu,” in a Madison County backyard poultry flock that housed approximately 15 ducks and geese ...