The virus that devastated poultry farms has quietly become a broader ecological and public health problem, spilling into wild birds, sea mammals and even cattle while most people have moved on from ...

As the winter progresses in the northern hemisphere, more poultry flocks across Europe aree being hit by highly pathogenic ...

Cows get bird flu, too Since 2024, bird flu has also been detected in dairy cows and their milk. The USDA is monitoring the milk supply; the best way to stay safe is to drink pasteurized milk, not raw ...

After starting the year with its first known bird flu death, the US expanded its efforts to contain the virus, which enabled ...

Researchers discovered why bird flu can survive temperatures that stop human flu in its tracks. A key gene, PB1, gives avian viruses the ability to replicate even at fever-level heat. Mice experiments ...

PARIS (Reuters) -The bird flu virus that has been spreading among wild birds, poultry and mammals could lead to a pandemic worse than COVID-19 if the virus mutates to transmit between humans, the head ...

Out on his farm in Dundee Township, Cliff McConville sees geese landing in the fields where his turkeys and chickens graze. It’s a sight that often unnerves poultry producers, as migratory waterfowl ...

Scientists have discovered that avian influenza viruses have a gene that makes them incredibly resistant to heat, rendering our body's natural defense system – fever – powerless in fighting infection.

A Washington resident has been hospitalized with a strain of bird flu that has not been seen in humans before, according to the Washington State Health Department. Since 2024, there have been 70 ...

PARIS, Nov 27 (Reuters) - The bird flu virus that has been spreading among wild birds, poultry and mammals could lead to a pandemic worse than COVID-19 if it mutates to transmit between humans, the ...