The risk to the public remained low, but people in close contact with dairy cattle may be at an increased risk, the state ...

South Africa has reported the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza, or bird flu, on two poultry farms in the country, the World Organisation for Animal Health said on Wednesday.

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

The Davis lab is the only entity in the state with the authority to confirm bird flu cases. The union, known as UPTE, represents about 20,000 researchers and other technical workers across the ...

In a Policy Forum, Erin Sorrell and colleagues – a coalition of virologists, veterinarians, and health security experts – ...

The Department of Agriculture is considering a plan to vaccinate poultry against bird flu for the first time, including evaluating how it would affect exports, the agency told Reuters.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins have expressed interest in letting H5N1 ...

Bird flu has spread around the world, even reaching Antarctica for the first time in 2024, in a threat to poultry flocks, wild birds and mammals, including U.S. dairy cows.

A fourth commercial farm in Maricopa County has tested positive for bird flu. The virus was detected during routine surveillance, before any birds showed symptoms, the Arizona Department of ...

Kennedy Jr made a controversial suggestion as to how to tackle the problem of H5N1 bird flu: consider letting it run through ...

A recent study found that live bird flu virus (H5N1) can survive in raw milk for over a week when refrigerated, and more than 24 hours at room temperature.