In 2024, as zoos were hit hard by H5N1 bird flu, big cats were particularly affected: tigers, lions, a cheetah, and a panther ...

Bird flu would be much less of a threat if we spread chickens out across the country instead of concentrating them together ...

The bird flu is about much more than egg prices, and it’s an open question whether industry or policy can slow the spread.

A dangerous bird flu, in other words, was suddenly circulating in mammals—mammals with which people have ongoing, extensive ...

Bird flu is continuing to spread in New York City despite the state’s temporary live market shut down in February — and activists want a total closure of the slaughter houses. At least ...

Pet owners whose cats got bird flu describe their symptoms. At least 126 domestic cats have contracted bird flu. Experts ...

This isn’t just an animal health crisis — it’s a risk to public health. When animals consume foods containing live virus, ...

This bird flu, which scientists call highly pathogenic ... There are concerns that vaccination could push the virus to mutate faster. But the big issue blocking vaccination is that doing so ...

With egg prices so high and Chicago and many suburbs allowing people to raise hens, some are thinking about backyard chickens ...

Very few humans have gone up against bird flu. But we've all dealt with seasonal flu for years. Some of our immune systems might be primed to fend off a worse case, research finds.

We're in the fifth year of a worldwide avian flu outbreak, and there seems to be no end in sight. The standard containment measures haven't been working, and as a result, egg prices are at record ...