Bird flu has been detected in rats for the first time in the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ...

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 ...

Wild and domestic birds aren’t the only species prone to contracting avian influenza. A red fox tested positive in Lehigh County on Jan. 4.

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Four black rats in Riverside County tested positive for Bird Flu. It is the first time the H5N1 virus has been found in rats. According to the United States Department of ...

The latest bird flu detections come as the U.S. Department of Agriculture is trying to rehire bird flu experts​ that were fired as part of DOGE cost-cutting efforts.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Agriculture Department is scrambling to rehire several workers who were involved in the government’s ...

The program had been created about 10 years ago to help the CDC remedy embarrassing lab-safety failures. The cuts may not ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — With egg prices soaring, the Trump administration is planning a new strategy for fighting bird flu that ...

One church in Eastern Carolina celebrated Black History Month on Saturday morning by giving powerful speeches and presenting ...

The release mentions that several black vultures at Landa Park in New Braunfels were tested and that those “preliminary tests ...

Three U.S. dairy veterinarians unknowingly had H5N1 infections, otherwise known as bird flu.This included one person w ...