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For more than two years, the US poultry industry has been battling a highly virulent strain of avian influenza, or bird flu. The virus has driven up egg and turkey prices and crossed over from infecting just birds to numerous mammalian…

The concerning bird flu outbreak that has spread to four humans so far as it expands quickly in the U.S. has jumped to dozens of species, infecting mammals in at least 31 states.Among those infected are cows in 12 states, foxes, mice,…

Dr. Luch berated herself for not having thought to test the boy a day earlier, when she might have saved him if she had treated him for influenza.But the alarm she raised and the urgent activity that followed was testament to the…

CNN  —  In early March, Dr. Blake Hanson and his colleagues at the Texas Epidemic Public Health Institute were…

MONEE, Illinois — Farmer Luz Klotz straightened the brightly striped hair bow on Reba, a 1,600-pound heifer lounging on the ground under twinkling fairy lights. Teenager Joey Pachl, hoping to impress his girlfriend with an invitation to…

Tollgate farm employee Dave Schillawski milks cows at Tollgate farm on January 17, 2020 in ... Ancramdale, New York. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty Images Avian influenza has…

Federal regulators on Friday said that they had not yet discovered live bird flu virus in the first batch of retail milk samples they tested, a reassuring indication that the milk on store shelves remains safe despite an outbreak of the…

The World Health Organization voiced alarm Thursday at the growing spread of H5N1 bird flu to new species, including humans, who face an "extraordinarily high" mortality rate. "This remains I think an enormous concern," the UN health…

US News By Natalie O'Neill Published April 10, 2024, 4:47 p.m. ET New Yorkers should stay away from wildlife after several cases of bird flu were discovered in a Manhattan park, health…

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Recently, birds have reportedly been getting sick and dying at increasing rates in the eastern part of Virginia, including Hampton Roads, according to the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, or DWR.…