The virus has not yet evolved to spread efficiently between people. Excellent vaccine technology exists, but the government ...

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 ...

If we don’t invest in technologies like mRNA vaccines for pandemic influenza now, once a virus starts going human-to-human, ...

A 25-year-old local scientist captured rare footage showing how one of the world’s deadliest viruses could jump from bats to humans.

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Doug Corwin knew there was a problem at his family’s commercial duck farm in Long Island when he spotted scores of dead or ...

As bird flu cases rise in the US, South Africa's desperate need for chicken imports leads to a crucial agreement with the US ...

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Amidst an ongoing outbreak of a deadly bird flu virus in livestock, the US Department of Agriculture is doing more to prevent ...

Avian influenza, also called avian flu or bird flu, is an illness that usually affects only birds. There are many different strains of avian flu: 16 H subtypes and 9 N subtypes. Only those labeled ...