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

Long Island’s last commercial duck farm is rebuilding after a bird flu outbreak forced the destruction of its entire ...

It's uncertain whether Moderna will continue developing its bird flu vaccine without government funding. So far, the H5N1 outbreak has affected nearly 1,000 dairy cow herds.

While bird flu has been around for decades, the discovery in 2024 that the deadly pathogen spread from a wild bird to a cow came as a surprise to virus watchers, according to news officials. In ...

A middle-aged man who survived bird flu has revealed the horrific infection—which killed his brother—left him feeling as if his 'whole skull was throbbing'. The virus, also known as H5N1, is ...

Bird flu has been circling the globe for decades. So the discovery in 2024 that the deadly pathogen had jumped from a wild bird to a cow came as a shock to virus watchers. Now, in just over a year ...

Jim Vondruska for NBC News Bird flu has now affected 167 million birds across the United States, and it’s also spreading to cats, rats, tigers and seals, among other species.

And that is what we need. Our baseline with flu vaccination is, like, 40 to 50 percent uptake, depending on the year. There are people who happily get other vaccines who don’t get the flu vaccine.

Bird flu can spread through direct contact with contaminated animals, water sources, or surfaces. So far, human exposure to the virus has mainly come from unprotected exposure to infected animals.

To avoid heartache down the road, the White House needs to recognize that the best approach for a healthy nation is transparent bird flu data-sharing and aggressive monitoring and testing.

SEYMOUR, Indiana (WISH) — Rose Acre Farms is getting rid of the more than 2 million birds that died because of the avian influenza in Jackson County. Some people in that area aren’t happy with ...

Dozens of dead birds suspected to have bird flu were found in Plymouth Jan. 19. Just five days later, officials closed the D.W. Field Park, in Brockton and Avon, due to similar concerns. A bird ...