A source says USDA employees who worked on bird flu response have accepted incentives to leave the agency, which could strain ...

Wildlife volunteers have questioned advice issued by the government to control the outbreak of bird flu. The Department for ...

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed 130 cases of H5N1 avian influenza in domestic cats spread across 23 states, including Illinois.

Avian influenza, which primarily affects poultry, has now adapted to wild birds, accompanying them in their journeys across ...

The closely-spaced deaths of two cougars in Washington state suggest the virus is likely more widespread than thought.

In a report to the Natural Resources Board, DNR officials said there has been an uptick in reports of bird deaths since ...

Two of the longest-returning peregrine falcons to We Energies' nest boxes have died of presumably bird flu, according to We Energies spokesperson Alison Trouy.

Biologically, H5N1 isn't so different from any other influenza A virus—the type that resides mainly in wild birds, as well as bats, and has occasionally jumped into human populations.