High-ranking federal officials have suggested that bird flu virus ... to improve farm biosecurity, $400 million in financial aid to farmers and $100 million for vaccine research. The government is ...

EFSA’s scientists highlight that key European stop-overs with high-density bird congregations, such as Iceland, Britain, ...

New versions of the H5N1 virus are increasingly adept at spreading. Suggestions to either let it rip in poultry or vaccinate the birds could backfire.

The fatality rate for H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza in humans has historically been high, with more than half of ...

Australia will ease restrictions on beef imports from the U.S., potentially aiding trade negotiations with U.S. President ...

Over the past three years, avian influenza (H5N1) has spread around the U.S. and affected many species of birds and mammals, including humans. Experts at a recent webinar offered answers to common ...

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI): More than the “flu” Termed “bird flu,” the current H5N1 strain is neither mild nor manageable; it is extraordinarily lethal to poultry. To get a better sense ...

The H5N1 bird flu has been spreading widely among wild birds, poultry and other animals around the world for several years, and starting early last year became a problem in people and cows in the U.S.

For agriculture, biosecurity, and pharmaceutical preparedness, ... Of the more than 27,000 guano samples analyzed, just over 1% tested positive for avian influenza RNA.

There’s a new virus wiping out Minnesota turkey flocks, and unlike with bird flu the federal government doesn’t cover producers for losses. Last year, Minnesota growers lost an estimated 2.2 ...

This is How We Fight Bird Flu If H5N1 Becomes the Next Human Pandemic This San Antonio, Tex., lab takes biosecurity seriously. Suit up with its scientists and go behind the scenes of the science ...