New research uses bird droppings to track avian flu in remote regions, revealing hidden hotspots and potential for early outbreak detection.

Bird flu has also caused egg prices to skyrocket, and an outlook from the U.S. Department of Agriculture predicting egg prices will increase about 20% within the year, compared with a predicted 2. ...

Bird flu cases are still rising in the U.S. as the virus continues to devastate poultry farms. More than 145 million chickens, ducks, turkeys and other fowl have been slaughtered across the United ...

A map showing where avian influenza H5N1 has infected humans in the U.S, with the darkest red showing California, which has had 26 cases in 2024. Bird flu also affects cows, pigs and people.

The H5N1 bird flu isn’t new. The CDC says the virus was first identified in Southern China in domestic waterfowl in 1996. In 1997, it spread to 18 people in China and Hong Kong. Six of those ...

In humans, bird flu has so far spread to the eight states listed above. However, the H5N1 virus in America is far more widespread. The CDC says that as of December 17, H5N1 has infected 10,852 ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today provided an update on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ...

From Jan. 20 to June 26, USDA completed 948 biosecurity assessments to strengthen the nation’s poultry flock on farms across ...

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.

High Pathogenic Avian Influenza was detected in poultry near Roch in Pembrokeshire. In response, the chief veterinary officer for Wales has declared an Influenza Protection Zone and a wider ...

An international team of researchers led by Professor Huaijun Zhou from the UC Davis Department of Animal Science has created the first-ever detailed map of how genes are regulated in chickens — a ...