More than 156 million chickens, ducks, turkeys and other fowl have been slaughtered across the United States since the outbreak began in January 2022. One person has been killed.

Vaccination rates were, however, only “moderate” – not because Americans saw vaccination as problematic, but because they did not see influenza as a threat. Nearly 40 years had dulled memories of the ...

Manufacturers of raw dog and cat food must do a better job detecting bird flu in products sold to pet owners, federal regulators announced Friday. Several cats, wild and domestic, in the U.S. have ...

or bird flu, according to a statement from zoo officials on Wednesday. It also announced that its bird house would be closed for an undetermined period of time to protect the other animals.

STEPS TAKEN TO KEEP BIRD FLU IN CHECK INCLUDE CREATING A JOINT INCIDENT COMMAND CENTER, TRIAGE TEAMS, PARTNERING WITH THE FEDS, AND PUTTING IN PLACE A COMPREHENSIVE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM.

Patients hospitalized with flu should be tested for H5N1 bird flu within 24 hours, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday, upgrading its recent recommendation. Before now ...

Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu among poultry and dairy cattle across the United States, the country has recorded its first human death due the virus known as avian influenza A or H5N1. On Jan. 6 ...

A case of the bird flu (also known avian flu or H5N1) involving gamebirds has been confirmed in Spartanburg. The virus was first detected on Dec. 31 and has not been transmitted elsewhere in the ...

Bird flu has been detected in a local wastewater sample, but it isn't yet clear whether the virus came from animals, animal products or people, according to the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health ...