Avian influenzas, commonly called bird flu, are influenza viruses that readily infect and spread through birds. While ...

Are eggs safe to eat amid the current avian flu outbreak? Have people in the U.S. contracted bird flu? We VERIFY the answers to common questions.

For several years, a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza has devastated both wild birds and agricultural flocks ...

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Public health officials are closely monitoring the latest bird flu outbreak that has sickened or killed millions of birds, ...

The progression of the species-jumping disease has been unprecedented, including the first-ever U.S. cases of infections in ...

Bird flu is forcing farmers to slaughter millions of chickens a month, pushing U.S. egg prices to more than double their cost in the summer of 2023. And it appears there may be no relief in sight, ...

When bird flu first struck dairy cattle in Texas last year, it was unclear how the virus might spread. As of now, H5N1 has ...

Experts stressed that the new strain did not itself appear to be an immediate human threat. But the rise of a new strain is ...

The progression of the bird flu in America since 2021 has been unprecedented, including the first-ever cases of infections in dairy cattle and raising heightened pandemic risks.