Gov. Hochul orders temporary closure of NYC live poultry markets amid avian flu concerns, emphasizing no immediate public ...

More than 156 million chickens, ducks, turkeys and other fowl have been slaughtered across the United States since the outbreak began in January 2022. One person has been killed.

Scientists were slow to recognize that Covid spreads through the air. Some are now trying to get ahead of the bird flu.

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.

A new strain of bird flu has been detected on a duck farm in California. The World Organisation for Animal Health reported ...

N ow that bird flu has been detected in animals in all 50 states, and nearly 70 cases have been confirmed in people, health ...

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

President Trump has selected Gerald Parker, a veterinarian and former top-ranking federal health official, to head the White ...

In this new study, the researchers wondered if that might be the case with H5 subtypes of the avian influenza virus—most specifically, H5N1 and H5N6. Both types are currently infecting birds ...

As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains, bird flu is a disease caused by the influenza A virus. At the same time, recent CDC data shows that seasonal influenza A is rising ...

Are people at risk for bird flu? How can I protect myself? Bird flu’s risk for the general public is still low, with no signs ...

According to a report in CNN, scientists said that virus would need to evolve or retain key changes in its genetic sequence to start a pandemic. H5N1 bird flu is an infection that spreads in birds ...