H5N1 bird flu has now crossed into U.S. dairy cattle for the first time, and alarmingly, it did so through just one spillover ...

Does avian influenza affect wild birds? Find out if you need to take down bird feeders. Plus learn the risk to backyard ...

Texas health and wildlife officials have detected avian flu in at least four mammal species across six counties on the High Plains.

So far, the Department of Agriculture has confirmed a staggering 41 outbreaks this year that struck down entire egg-laying flocks in Arizona, California, Iowa, Indiana, Missouri, North Carolina, ...

Knowing where, when and for how long mallard ducks – natural carriers of avian influenza – stop and rest as they migrate can ...

Any evidence of a bird virus jumping readily into mammals is a worry, as it could indicate that mutations that allow for ...

Trump tariffs and ill-timed federal layoffs have made rural America – the heart of President Donald Trump's support ‒ less ...

A variant of the bird flu virus, collected in 2016 and no longer in circulation, was just one mutation away from being able to bind to human receptors.

Avian influenza – which has devastated poultry flocks, wildlife populations and increasingly poses a public health risk – has now been confirmed in wild bobcats in New York state.

The Georgia Department of Agriculture announced the suspension of all poultry-related activities in the state after a case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza was detected in a commercial facility.

However, another strain of flu that often makes headlines is the bird flu, also known as avian influenza. While both bird flu and regular flu are caused by influenza viruses, their origins ...

But by then, bird flu will have already circled the globe ... closest to the one found at Crozet was present in 2023 in South Georgia, off the coast of South America," explained Barbraud.