The virus has not yet evolved to spread efficiently between people. Excellent vaccine technology exists, but the government ...

Bird flu continues to spread quickly through the U.S. farm system because that system is inherently a viral playground.

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

The Department of Agriculture is considering a plan to vaccinate poultry against bird flu for the first time, including ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is considering a potential plan to vaccinate poultry against bird flu for the first time ...

H5N1 bird flu is capable of spreading through the air, a new animal study from the US Centres for Disease Control (CDC) has found. H5N1 was believed to spread primarily through direct contact with ...

Avian influenza, also called avian flu or bird flu, is an illness that usually affects only birds. There are many different strains of avian flu: 16 H subtypes and 9 N subtypes. Only those labeled ...

TONOPAH, Ariz. — State agriculture officials announced Friday a fourth commercial farm in Maricopa County has tested positive for the avian flu. Meanwhile, the egg company at the center of the ...

The bird flu virus can remain infectious in raw milk for over a day at room temperature and more than a week when refrigerated, according to a new, non-peer-reviewed research from a group of UK ...

FILE – Bottles of raw milk are displayed for sale at a store in Temecula, Calif., on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/JoNel Aleccia, file) — The bird flu virus can remain infectious in raw milk for ...