Farm workers facing possible arrest would likely resist getting tested for bird flu should there be a resurgence this fall, ...

The H5N1 bird flu virus has historically extracted a heavy toll when it infects humans, with nearly half of confirmed cases ...

The fatality rate for H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza in humans historically has been high, with more than half of people dying. Why, then, is the current H5N1 bird flu outbreak — which has ...

The CDC declared the end of its emergency response to H5N1 avian flu as a health threat to humans, David Murray writes.

According to the latest global poultry report by RaboResearch, the outlook for the global poultry markets will be shaped by geopolitics and avian ...

Zoonoses—diseases that spread from animals to humans—began to gain prevalence some 6,500 years ago with the rise of animal ...

The fatal disease was first found in Cambodia in December 2003 and initially only affected wild birds. Since then, the diseases has spread to humans in counties across the world, including in the US ...

The Trump administration last week sued the state of California over its laws requiring eggs sold in the state to come from animals raised under certain conditions, prompting denunciations from animal ...

RFK Jr. is now the Secretary of Health and Human Services—a cabinet position he secured after ending his first doomed ...

Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) reports booming Q4 results with 72% revenue growth, driven by higher egg prices and demand.

Gain-of-function experiments are ingrained in the scientific process. In many instances, the benefits that stem from gain-of-function experiments are not immediately clear. Only decades later does the ...

Also awaiting the pet bird is disease. Pet birds kept in a home, in a cage, face almost no threats from predation, starvation or disease. In an unfamiliar world filled with lots of different birds, ...