Early in epidemics of emerging infections, health agencies often restrict testing criteria to people who fit within a case definition or who have had a high-risk exposure. In the recent avian ...

Cats are susceptible to avian flu, heightening concerns about bird flu spreading from stray and domesticated cats to humans, ...

While the risk of infection is low, the detection of the virus across multiple farms is a reminder to take precautions, ...

Avian influenza is not new,” said Mark Stetter, dean of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. “But what is new is this ...

Bird flu is changing rapidly, increasing the chances of more humans getting sick. Arizona must do more now to contain the ...

We live in an era when human activities are negatively modifying the world at alarming rates. We are experiencing a massive ...

As the Trump administration cuts federal health agencies, researchers say bird flu could be further reaching than we know.

As highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza continues to spread in the U.S., posing serious threats to dairy and poultry farms, both farmers and public health experts need better ways to monitor for ...

By Tom Polansek (Reuters) - California's only lab that can confirm lethal bird flu in poultry has shifted some testing to ...

California's key lab for confirming bird flu in poultry is managing some testing off-site amidst a workers' strike. Despite staff protests over low staffing, testing remains uninterrupted.

Mass culling is expensive, but alternatives, like vaccinating chickens or luring wild birds away from domestic flocks, would ...