Q: What is avian influenza? Avian influenza, also known as bird flu, is a viral infection that primarily affects birds but ...

In outbreak developments, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) ...

Bird flu, or H5N1 avian influenza, has been circulating across North America since 2022, infecting birds, livestock, wildlife ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. addressed the worsening avian flu crisis, saying vaccinating birds turns them into “mutation factories.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting pet owners that more cat food is being recalled because it could be ...

Previous exposures to older flu strains prime the immune system to produce antibodies against bird flu (H5N1).

San Jose, Calif. — Bird flu isn’t just affecting chickens and cows; it’s hitting pet cats.

Pigs are moderately susceptible to infection with a bovine-derived H5N1 avian influenza virus but don't spread it to other ...

Most of those infections have been seen in wild bird populations, with two known instances of backyard poultry flocks ...

Officials are urging pet owners not to feed their pets raw food or raw milk and to avoid letting them roam outside.

Older adults who were exposed to seasonal flu viruses that circulated prior to 1968 are more likely to have some protection against H5N1, and children would benefit more from H5N1 vaccines.

The resurgence of avian flu at two animal slaughter markets in Queens has renewed urgent calls to shut down densely packed ...