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

In February 2024, government veterinarians in the Czech Republic investigating a bird flu outbreak found themselves in the ...

As egg prices soar to new highs, the two industries are on opposite sides of the debate over whether to give shots to birds.

It’s clear there’s no reason for optimism that H5N1 will fade away as a minor nuisance. To the contrary, the situation has ...

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 ...

With emergencies declared for bird flu in Mercer and Darke counties, 2 NEWS is digging deeper into how the virus spreads.

ABC News’ medical correspondent Dr. Darien Sutton and ABC’s Alexis Christoforous breakdown the health risk of the bird flu and the impacts it’s making on prices at the grocery store.

Dec. 13, 2024 — Influenza or flu virus remains infectious in refrigerated raw milk for up to five days, according to a new study. The findings come at a time when outbreaks of bird flu -- a ...

As cases of avian influenza, or bird flu, continue to make headlines, Texans might be wondering if they should be concerned.

5 million birds in US poultry farms have been slaughtered because of outbreaks of avian flu among flocks in over forty states, according to the Department of Agriculture. The disease is spread by ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI, has been detected on commercial farms in California and other parts of the U.S. The most recent outbreak of the highly transmissible strain of bird flu ...