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 ...

As the H5N1 bird flu virus continues to spread among animals, the discovery of infected rats in Riverside County provides ...

For the past two months, deaths from influenza have surpassed ones caused by COVID-19 for the first time since the ...

A CDC report on bird flu shows potential transmission of bird flu between exposed dairy workers and indoor pet cats. 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.

The presence of African swine fever in the Caribbean brings the risk of the disease closer to the U.S. Burke Healey, USDA ...

Two cats that belonged to Michigan dairy workers exposed to bird flu died after being infected with the virus last year.

In California, eggs are more expensive due to a combination of factors including higher production costs, bird flu and the ...

The latest bird flu detections come as the U.S. Department of Agriculture is trying to rehire bird flu experts​ that were fired as part of DOGE cost-cutting efforts.

Following a lull in highly pathogenic avian influenza in west Africa, outbreaks have been recorded again in Nigeria and Niger.

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

The country’s poor public health response to the outbreak is rooted in the inability to bring in dairy farmers as partners.