While rare, bird flu has infected over 140 cats since 2022, according to government data. Here's how to protect your pets.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has officially ended its emergency response to the recent bird flu outbreak.

The virus has not yet evolved to spread efficiently between people. Excellent vaccine technology exists, but the government has just withdrawn funding for the development of a bird flu vaccine. Every ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ended its emergency response for bird flu as the outbreak that sickened dozens of people, spread to cattle and drove up egg ...

Aaron Specht, assistant professor in the Purdue University School of Health Sciences, has investigated bird flu cases in critically endangered California condors since 2023, soon after 21 condors died ...

The risk to the public remained low, but people in close contact with dairy cattle may be at an increased risk, the state agriculture department said.

H5N1 bird flu viruses spilled from wild bird into cattle in the U.S. last year, infecting hundreds of animals in several states.

High-ranking federal officials have suggested that bird flu virus should be left to "rip" through poultry farms across the U.S. — but experts warn that this hands-off approach could hasten the ...

PHOENIX, Ariz. (KVOA) - The Arizona Department of Agriculture (AZDA) has confirmed a new detection of H5N1 avian influenza in milk from a Maricopa County dairy herd. The facility is ...

Bird flu continues to spread quickly through the U.S. farm system because that system is inherently a viral playground.

The agency’s H5N1 bird flu emergency response was activated in April 2024, and since then, there have been 70 cases of H5N1 bird flu found in humans, CDC data shows.