Through consumption of dairy products and interactions with infected animals, humans are also at risk for exposure.

Last year avian influenza brought death to the picturesque island of South Georgia off Antarctica. This season scientists hope things will be different ...

A genetic analysis suggests the bird flu virus mutated inside a Louisiana patient in a way that could potentially make the virus more transmissible to humans, according to the Centers for Disease ...

APHIS classifies the flock as a commercial operation – the state’s first since the U.S. outbreak began in 2022.

Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States who dedicated much of his life to humanitarian causes, died in his ...

Bird flu is decimating wildlife around the world ... spreading to the Falkland Islands and South Georgia – the stepping stones to the Antarctic. Along this route, the virus has diverged to ...

Despite the distance from civilisation, these remote pockets of land aren’t safe: bird flu was first detected in South Georgia in October 2023, spreading to albatrosses and penguins as well as ...