AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – Billions of birds are expected to travel across the country during spring migration, but this could result in the spread of a bird flu. Bird flu saw a resurgence earlier ...

Both swine and avian influenza are strains of influenza A. Just as swine flu strains tend to infect pigs, avian flu strains ...

The infectious disease Avian influenza, more commonly known as bird flu, has impacted 167 million birds in the U.S. since 2022 and has recently become more effective at crossing species.

Avian influenza, also called avian flu or bird flu, is an illness that usually affects only birds. There are many different strains of avian flu: 16 H subtypes and 9 N subtypes. Only those labeled ...

More information: Jing Yang et al, Genetic diversity of H9N2 avian influenza viruses in poultry across China and implications for zoonotic transmission, Nature Microbiology (2025).

Year after year, a colony of elephant seals arrives in Jackson Bay, on the islands of Tierra del Fuego at the southern tip of Chile, to molt and breed. However, in 2023, an outbreak of avian flu ...

The USDA is investing $1 billion to fight bird flu, including financial relief for affected farmers. But the bird flu is still certain to have a wider impact beyond the agricultural sector.

Avian influenza, or the bird flu, is an extremely infectious respiratory disease that affects all domestic poultry, including laying hens, broilers, and turkeys, as well as waterfowl and game birds.

A Long Island farm will reportedly euthanize more than 100,000 ducks after a bird flu outbreak transpired at the eastern New York facility.

We conduct avian flu testing for most of New England and report results to the USDA.” Some of the other diseases the laboratory diagnosis include rabbit hemorrhagic disease and equine herpesvirus.