Newswatch 16's Kerry Kearns spoke with a doctor about bird flu and steps you can take to help prevent it. PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Cases of bird flu, or avian flu, are rising in parts of the country. The ...

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.

Bird flu, Covid-19, and influenza are all respiratory infections spreading through respiratory droplets. While influenza ...

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

That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and ...

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.

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

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

Avian influenza, or “bird flu,” is a disease caused by influenza A viruses that spread widely among wild birds, and can cause outbreaks in commercial and backyard poultry flocks. Though there are many ...

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

The first case this year of the highly pathogenic avian bird flu have been detected in backyard flocks in Kearney and Nance County. What is it? Where does it co ...

Several human cases of avian flu (H5N1) have been reported around the U.S., and the virus has also proven to be fatal to felines. Dozens of cats have reportedly contracted the virus since the ...