A tiny insect called a midge spreads the disease, and the earliest known case dates back to 1955 in a forest worker near a ...

While most people were vaguely aware of something called SARS-CoV-2 or 2019 Novel Coronavirus leading up to the statewide lockdown in March 2020, Monterey County hospitals were gearing up as best they ...

The Arizona Department of Agriculture, working closely with the USDA detected a strain of avian influenza in milk in Maricopa ...

The Arizona Department of Agriculture (AZDA) has confirmed a new detection of H5N1 avian influenza in milk from a Maricopa ...

Following a prolonged but ultimately successful application process, South Africa’s largest poultry company has become the ...

The Department of Agriculture has issued its first-ever permit to vaccinate poultry against highly pathogenic avian influenza ...

The bird flu virus can remain infectious in raw milk for over a day at room temperature and more than a week when refrigerated, according to a new, non-peer-reviewed research from a group of UK ...

The H5N1 avian influenza virus has infected birds and mammals around the world. As of June 2025, 70 people have been infected, and 1 person has died in the United States.

Long Island’s last commercial duck farm is rebuilding after a bird flu outbreak forced the destruction of its entire ...

Bird flu continues to make headlines – this time, as it pertains to raw milk. A recent lab study found that H5N1, a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, can survive in raw milk for quite ...

The natural host for avian influenza virus (AIV) is waterfowl. However, certain subtypes have breached species barriers, causing epizootics in many avian and mammalian species with occasional ...

Brazil said Wednesday it was free of bird flu, paving the way for it to resume chicken exports to China and 20 other countries after a month-long suspension.