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

Bird flu continues to spread quickly through the U.S. farm system because that system is inherently a viral playground.

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 ...

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

Long Island’s last commercial duck farm is rebuilding after a bird flu outbreak forced the destruction of its entire ...

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

The H5N1 strain of bird flu "has the potential to become a pandemic," according to Richard Pebody, director of epidemic and emerging infections at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). While the ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza reached Antarctica’s mainland in early 2024, leaving Australia, New Zealand and Pacific ...

Amidst an ongoing outbreak of a deadly bird flu virus in livestock, the US Department of Agriculture is doing more to prevent ...