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

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

A strain of bird flu that has jumped from animals to people in the United States could find its way to Europe, EU scientists have warned in a new report. EU-US trade of “raw milk” products and wild ...

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

Some of the recent wild bird positives were sampled recently in a region where outbreaks were reported at Arizona layer farms ...

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

More than 100 federal scientists who track bird flu, including vaccine and food safety experts, have been laid off. This comes as the deadly pathogen rips through dairy herds and poultry flocks.

Last summer some cows, specifically dairy cattle, required testing for Avian Flu before being allowed into into the fair.

The state of Wisconsin has reported only one case of bird flu in a backyard poultry flock this year. Dairy herds remain free ...

Brazilian authorities on Wednesday have declared the country as "free" of the bird flu virus after no new outbreaks were ...