The Maryland Department of Agriculture has announced presumptive positive case of H5 Avian Influenza in a commercial broiler farm in Wicomico County.

Vanstreels painted a morbid picture of a "crisis in animal suffering" with the virus causing birds to fall out of the air, swim, and walk aimlessly as the virus attacks their brains. H5N1 was first ...

When it comes to highly pathogenic avian influenza, biosecurity is the key to mitigating the risk of disease spread.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza, HPAI, specifically HPAI H5N1, commonly referred to as “bird flu,” has rippled far beyond farms and impacted Americans of all walks of life, whether they know it or ...

New research shows most Hawaiian forest birds carry avian malaria, fueling widespread transmission and raising extinction risks for native wildlife.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza is not a dairy-specific virus. It is the same virus that can infect poultry and other ...

For the first time, deadly H5N1 bird flu has been confirmed as the cause of a wildlife die-off in Antarctica, killing more than 50 skuas during the 2023–2024 summers. Researchers on an Antarctic ...

The United States Deptartment of Agriculture recently awarded scientists at Binghamton University $2.5 million to develop a next-generation avian flu vaccine. The grant is part of an overall $100 ...

Are seasonal flu antibodies also effective against avian flu? A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has shown that a ...

Are seasonal flu antibodies also effective against avian flu? A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has shown that a specific type of antibody associated with the former virus—already present ...

State officials previously suspected avian flu in Wallkill as new sightings are reported elsewhere in Orange County.