The Highly Pathogenic avian influenza virus is a highly contagious disease that spreads among birds and other animals.

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 ...

As the H5N1 bird flu virus continues to spread among animals, the discovery of infected rats in Riverside County provides ...

A CDC report on bird flu shows potential transmission of bird flu between exposed dairy workers and indoor pet cats. The ...

A new study published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the H5N1 bird flu virus is likely ...

Bird flu cases are still rising in the U.S. as the virus continues to devastate poultry farms. More than 145 million chickens, ducks, turkeys and other fowl have been slaughtered across the United ...

The newer variant of avian influenza that recently infected dairy cattle in Nevada has a genetic change that’s thought to ...

A variant of H5N1 bird flu that has circulated widely in wild birds — and in several instances led to severe illness in ...

Can’t find eggs at your local grocery store? You’re not alone. The recent H5N1 bird flu has led to the culling of millions of egg-laying chickens, leading to higher egg prices and egg shortages across ...

After the current strain of bird flu, H5N1, reached the U.S. in 2022, more than 148 million birds have been euthanized. What ...

Avian influenza, or bird flu, has been confirmed in multiple parts of our region, and beyond. We're digging into the facts on this flu, and how some farmers in Pennsylvania are trying to keep ...

More than 126,800 birds in New York have been affected by the avian flu since 2022, including thousands of new infections uncovered in recent months in New York parks, commercial flocks and ...