The deadly and highly infectious H5N1 bird flu has officially spread to yet another species. Seven elephant seal pups at California’s Año Nuevo State Park have tested positive for the virus, according ...

University of Missouri scientist Wenjun Ma has been tasked with developing a bird flu vaccine using a $1.9M USDA grant ...

Wisconsin agriculture officials have identified a case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a commercial poultry flock in Jefferson County. Cold Spring Egg Farm in the village of Palmyra has ...

When highly pathogenic bird flu turns up in dairy cattle, you feel it in the pit of your stomach, not just at the farm gate but at the grocery cooler. Federal and state officials say that is exactly ...

The outbreak marks the first H5N1 detection in marine mammals in California, and the first detection of the virus in northern ...

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Cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1 HPAI) have been detected in multi-species backyard flocks in Van Buren and ...

Seven weaned elephant seal pups in California's Año Nuevo State Park tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Veterinary ...

The USDA ordered nationwide testing after multiple states confirmed the virus was present in dairy cattle. Minnesota reported nine cases last year. A dairy cow on a southwest Minnesota farm. Minnesota ...