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

A series of reported outbreaks at some of the largest egg producers in the U.S. have caused a shortage in egg supplies, as ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

In Albert Camus’ novel, The Plague, set in the French Algerian town of Oran, rats one day begin showing up dead on residents’ ...

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 ...

Officials said the virus poses a low risk for humans because all milk sold in stores is pasteurized which effectively ...

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