While humans can contract bird flu, UNLV professor and epidemiologist Brian Labus says the latest strains are “not a general ...

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

The costly financial and milk production consequences of H5N1 infections in US dairy have been laid bare in new research ...

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 ...

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

Most Americans don’t know bird flu is found only in raw milk, and many believe myths about its safety and health benefits. In ...

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

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

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, may be the most ...

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 ...