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 ...

Bird flu has dominated the headlines lately, and many wonder what it is and how does it affect food. We delve into its ...

Delays in urgent CDC analyses of seasonal flu and bird flu, and the agency’s silence, will harm Americans as outbreaks escalate, doctors and public health experts warn.

Hoosiers should reach out to their health care provider if they come into contact with waterfowl and develop flu-like symptoms ... The agency said bird flu does not present a food safety risk ...

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

NEW YORK (AP) — Live poultry markets in New York City raced to sell off all their chickens and other fowl Friday after seven cases of avian flu were detected ... markets that do not have cases ...

Bird flu appeared in a Texas dairy farm in March 2024. Havoc has followed on farms and in grocery stores and concerns mount for human health.

Here's a summary of what's currently known about bird flu and what you can do about it ... easier for humans to get it and pass it around, like COVID-19, said microbiologist Marcy Peteroy-Kelly ...