Purdue University researchers now have developed an innovative, paper-based diagnostic test for rapidly detecting avian ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced significant progress in its five-pronged strategy to combat Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), improve biosecurity in poultry production, and ...

Avian influenza viruses occur naturally among wild aquatic birds such as ducks, geese, gulls, swans and others, according to the CDC. The highly contagious virus can spread to chickens, ducks ...

A recent surge in avian flu outbreaks in birds and some mammals, including humans, is worrying farmers, scientists, and public health experts. The threat of the virus becoming a pandemic is said ...

According to USDA, the avian flu has killed more than 140 million egg-laying birds in the country since 2022. At least 18.9 million birds have been culled in the past 30 days alone.

A subtype of bird flu caused by avian influenza A (H5) virus has been spreading worldwide in wild birds with a few outbreaks in poultry, dairy cows and other mammals across the United States ...

In two recent interviews on Fox News, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. downplayed concerns about H5N1 avian influenza in the U.S., raising alarm among public health and infectious disease ...

Avian influenza isn't new to Arizona, but it may be the first time in several years Valley citizens are hearing about the disease. Anne Justice-Allen, state wildlife veterinarian for Arizona Game ...

How a bird flu pandemic could emerge 06:21. Bird flu has been detected in rats for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed ...