HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins have expressed interest in letting H5N1 ...

The Brazilian Agriculture Ministry updated on Thursday the list of countries that have placed restrictions on chicken trade ...

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

New research uses bird droppings to track avian flu in remote regions, revealing hidden hotspots and potential for early ...

Bird flu is a virus that is spread from bird to bird, but occasionally, strains can transform into a virus that humans can contract and spread, according to the AAFP.

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Bird flu can be transmitted from birds to humans if they come in close contact with infected animals. According to experts, infected birds shed flu viruses in their saliva, mucous, and feces.

Avian influenza, or bird flu, is a broad term that refers to several types of influenza that normally infect birds. The bird flu that’s been making news in the United States is a virus called H5N1.

Bird flu continues to affect the availability and price of eggs as the disease hits farms and wipes out flocks. Last year, bird flu killed more than 40 million egg-laying birds.

Birds without natural immunity that migrate or roost together in large flocks, such as geese, are most likely to die in large numbers. A recent bird flu outbreak among migratory eared grebes in Utah ...

The bird flu virus is responsible for an ongoing outbreak in dairy cows in the United States. Since March, it has been detected in cows in 11 states, and in wastewater from several others.