You’ve most likely heard about bird flu in the context of egg prices. Eggs are expensive and hard to find right now because ...

Bird flu has long been a top contender for starting the next pandemic. Between 2003 and 2023, there were 882 cases reported ...

The H5N1 avian influenza virus is mutating to evade immune defenses in mammals following prior infection or vaccination.

An avian influenza vaccine for layers, broilers, and practical for farmers was developed thanks to innovative technology ...

Recent viral mutations have shown avian influenza’s adaptability to mammalian hosts, prompting infectious disease, animal ...

The U.S. reported the first outbreak of the deadly H7N9 bird flu on a poultry farm since 2017, as the country continues to ...

More than 170 species of North American wild birds were infected with bird flu. Here's what it means for your backyard bird ...

A new bird flu outbreak has been confirmed as the virus continues to spread across the U.S. The deadly H7N9 strain was detected on a poultry farm in Noxubee, Mississippi, last week, for the first ...

These tests focus on looking for antibody activity that would directly neutralize the bird flu virus. Other more fine-tuned measures, however, do turn up evidence that we are already familiar with ...

Raw cheese made with milk from dairy cattle infected with bird flu can harbor infectious virus for months and may be a risk to public health, according to a new study from researchers at Cornell ...