Avian flu or bird flu was detected in wastewater in Phoenix, Surprise and Tempe, the Maricopa County Department of Public Health confirmed on Monday. All three of the cities conduct wastewater ...

Ibitoye is a visiting fellow at the Brown University Pandemic Center. Nuzzo is director of the Pandemic Center and professor of epidemiology at the Brown University School of Public Health.

Newly released wastewater surveillance data suggests Michigan is a national hot spot for the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus that's infecting poultry, dairy cows and other mammals across ...

Hatty Willmoth is a Newsweek food and nutrition reporter based in London, U.K. She has covered special diets, gut health and functional medicine extensively. Hatty joined Newsweek in 2024 from the ...

Health officials are making a renewed call for vigilance against bird flu​, but some experts are puzzling over why reports of ...

Over the past 15 months, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed 70 human cases of bird flu across ...

New research shows that wild birds can account for much of the avian influenza virus evidence found in wastewater in Oregon, suggesting wastewater detections of the virus do not automatically ...

Wastewater surveillance became central to public health officials’ ability to track COVID. The same is true for other threats, like H5N1 avian influenza. Bird flu has now spread from wild birds, to ...

H5N1, also known as avian influenza or bird flu, continues to be a concern in Pitkin County despite not yet having any ...

Wastewater testing for viruses often gives ... In cows, this type of bird flu seems to infiltrate the mammary system. High levels of the virus have been detected in their milk, slowing production ...