Carcasses of seals in Japan’s northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido have tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). This marks the first detection of the avian influenza virus in ...

Feed stores are selling out of baby chickens. But there are downsides to having a backyard flock, such as cost and potential ...

Does avian influenza affect wild birds? Find out if you need to take down bird feeders. Plus learn the risk to backyard ...

H5N1 bird flu has now crossed into U.S. dairy cattle for the first time, and alarmingly, it did so through just one spillover ...

Peregrine falcons nesting on top of the Campanile at UC Berkeley have become local celebrities. Now, for the first time since ...

A vaccine under development has demonstrated complete protection in mice against a deadly variant of the virus that causes bird flu. The work focuses on the H5N1 variant known as 2.3.4.4b, which has ...

So far, the Department of Agriculture has confirmed a staggering 41 outbreaks this year that struck down entire egg-laying flocks in Arizona, California, Iowa, Indiana, Missouri, North Carolina, ...

What avian flu precautions can I take to protect my livestock? Keep your flock away from open water sources that wild birds ...

Bird flu cases continue to be detected in live poultry markets in the city two months after the state temporarily shut them ...

Knowing where, when and for how long mallard ducks – natural carriers of avian influenza – stop and rest as they migrate can ...

Avian flu strains tend to only affect birds, but the current outbreak has spread to cattle and – in rare cases – people. The ...

Today, we look at eggs and the rise of avian flu that began in 2023. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor, in March, the ...