A recent EFSA scientific assessment reviews the emergence and spread of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 genotype B3.13, focusing on its outbreak in U.S. dairy cattle and evaluating ...

“Such a 'let-it-spread' strategy may identify small numbers of poultry infected by H5 influenza virus that do not develop ...

The Arizona Department of Agriculture, working closely with the USDA detected a strain of avian influenza in milk in Maricopa ...

The risk to the public remained low, but people in close contact with dairy cattle may be at an increased risk, the state ...

As bird flu sweeps across US poultry and cattle farms, researchers are racing to find ways to contain the outbreaks before they ignite a human pandemic. Now, a team of scientists has developed a ...

Bird-flu vaccines for cattle could reduce the risk of animal-to-human transmission of the H5N1 virus. Credit: Dmitriy Shironosov/Alamy As bird flu sweeps across US poultry and cattle farms ...

Bird flu is so lethal in poultry that more than 160 million birds have been killed during this outbreak, driving egg prices sky high. The first bird flu detected in cattle was in early 2024.

The H5N1 bird flu virus has spread among a variety of bird species, including chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese, and many migratory wild birds. There have also been cases in humans and other mammals ...

Unfortunately, bird flu in cats is very serious and often deadly. If your cat has any symptoms of bird flu, such as a fever, little appetite, or acting sluggish, see your vet right away.

However, the new bird flu strain, D1.1, has been reported in more than a dozen humans exposed to infected poultry. The CDC noted on its website that bird flu’s risk to the public remains low.

Pasteurization effectively kills bird flu that is found in milk, rendering it safe to drink, though farmworkers are still coming into contact with raw milk and cattle that could be infected.

Three of America’s top milk-producing states aren’t a part of federal surveillance testing for bird flu even as a new variant is turning up in dairy cattle, in what some public health experts ...