Just four cases of bird flu in backyard flocks have been confirmed in this area, and risk to humans is very low. Humans can't ...

A year into the outbreak of avian flu, there is a continuing threat from the virus to poultry flocks and dairy herds, and to a lesser degree humans. Since ...

In recent news appearances, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has suggested allowing ...

A Stearns County dairy farm is under quarantine for bird flu after milk testing found H5N1 last week, state officials ...

A senior US animal health official has urged calmness over recent academic findings suggesting that ageing may not eliminate ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus was identified in 2 symptomatic indoor domestic cats from homes of Michigan dairy workers.

In February 2022, a new variant of the highly contagious virus was detected in U.S. commercial and backyard poultry, and it ...

Officials said the virus poses a low risk for humans because all milk sold in stores is pasteurized which effectively ...

There have been 985 confirmed cases of avian influenza in dairy cattle across 17 states since first confirmed in March 2024.

Sheep have become the latest species to be infected with bird flu after a single sheep in the UK tested positive for the ...

In Albert Camus’ novel, The Plague, set in the French Algerian town of Oran, rats one day begin showing up dead on residents’ ...

Mar. 17, 2025 — Existing antivirals may be less effective against this H5N1 bird flu strain, and prevention measures, such as avoiding raw milk consumption and reducing exposure in dairy workers ...