New versions of the H5N1 virus are increasingly adept at spreading. Suggestions to either let it rip in poultry or vaccinate the birds could backfire.

The study found that the bird flu virus can survive more than seven days in raw milk stored in the refrigerator.

Test results for a suspected bird flu outbreak on a commercial farm in the town of Anta Gorda in Rio Grande do Sul state came back negative, according to an analysis of samples released by the ...

How do you get the bird flu? Here's what medical experts want you to know about prevention and care.

Wastewater disease surveillance has become central to public health officials’ ability to track the H5N1 bird flu that's now spread from wild birds, to poultry, to cattle, and, worryingly, to other ...

Even though the 2024-2025 migratory bird season is winding down, concerns about highly pathogenic avian influenza — commonly known as bird flu — remain. The public is paying attention. Consumers are ...

April 21, 2025 How bird flu differs from seasonal flu − an infectious disease researcher explains Avian flu strains tend to only affect birds, but the current outbreak has spread to cattle and ...

More than 100 federal scientists who track bird flu, including vaccine and food safety experts, have been laid off. This comes as the deadly pathogen rips through dairy herds and poultry flocks.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has discovered avian flu in several species of mammals, including skunks, foxes and raccoons. Dairy cows in Texas tested positive for this strain of flu a ...

Among those laid off were employees in a center that has played a key role in the response to the bird flu outbreak, according to three FDA staffers.

Nearly 400 birds, mostly brown pelicans, near Hatteras Inlet were found dead last month from suspected highly pathogenic avian influenza.