Bird flu is widespread among wild birds around the world and has been causing outbreaks in poultry and dairy cows in the United States, with three confirmed cases in dairy workers. According to the ...
Huge die-offs of elephant seals occurred after the virus gained nearly 20 troublesome new mutations, scientists found.
Bird flu, also called avian influenza, is a viral infection that can cause flu in birds and sometimes spread to mammals, including humans. Migrating waterfowl (wild ducks, geese, and storks) are ...
Scientists tested milk samples from herd infected with H5N1 in New Mexico, US, and found high levels of the virus, even after it had been refrigerated at 4c (39F).
STAT asked scientists who have long worked on influenza or in veterinary medicine what they viewed as the most pressing ...
Share on Pinterest Bird flu has been spreading among domestic and wild birds in the U.S. Viara Mileva/Getty Images Another dairy worker in Michigan has been diagnosed with H5N1 bird flu after ...
A person in Mexico who died after contracting bird flu is the first death from an avian flu strain not previously detected in ...
An outbreak in Iowa will result in the culling of a 4-million chicken flock. The infection has also been found in alpacas for ...
Mexico Death Tied to Bird Flu Strain Never Before Seen in People A person in Mexico died after contracting a strain of bird ...
May 30 (Reuters) - Bird flu, officially called highly pathogenic avian influenza, has increasingly spread to mammals, raising concern it may lead to human-to-human transmission, with foxes the ...
New findings point to the milking process as a possible route of avian-influenza spread between cows — and from cow to human.
In Florida, bird flu was even detected in a dead bottlenose dolphin, making it the first known cetacean to fall ill with the ...