H5N1 bird flu has now crossed into U.S. dairy cattle for the first time, and alarmingly, it did so through just one spillover ...

Feed stores are selling out of baby chickens. But there are downsides to having a backyard flock, such as cost and potential ...

Does avian influenza affect wild birds? Find out if you need to take down bird feeders. Plus learn the risk to backyard ...

Rice / California Agriculture Every winter, millions of migratory birds fly south to warmer locales, passing over California Central Valley dairies and poultry farms. Many of these wild waterfowl are ...

Public health officials in at least one state are now offering money as an incentive to encourage people to get screened or ...

Researchers from the University of Minnesota are studying the presence of avian influenza in dairy cattle. This research ...

Experts reveal critical changes needed in poultry farming to combat HPAI, addressing biosecurity risks and disease ...

A vaccine under development has demonstrated complete protection in mice against a deadly variant of the virus that causes bird flu. The work focuses on the H5N1 variant known as 2.3.4.4b, which has ...

John Clifford, Craig Rowles, Travis Schaal, and David Swayne distributed a proposed vaccination plan, dated April 1, 2025, to address the ongoing outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) ...

Although the rate of increase appears to be falling, new outbreaks of avian influenza in commercial poultry have been ...

What avian flu precautions can I take to protect my livestock? Keep your flock away from open water sources that wild birds ...

Avian flu strains tend to only affect birds, but the current outbreak has spread to cattle and – in rare cases – people. The ...