Experts have warned that bird flu is 'trying really hard' to reach pandemic potential, and urged global governments to put ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The National Academy of Sciences has canceled a workshop on preventing human bird flu infections after ...

So far, the outbreak has affected nearly 1000 dairy cow herds and resulted in more than 70 human cases, including the first ...

Bird flu may be a respiratory virus, but it still spreads through ground traffic. The shoes people wear every day could ...

Health officials in California are now offering gift cards to encourage people near farms to get tested for bird flu.

Easy replication in cattle mammary glands means H5N1 bird flu is under no evolutionary pressure to adapt to spread easily in humans.

Emphasis on biosecurity, rapid response and vaccine research are areas continuing to receive government funding and focus in ...

The Global Virus Network published a comprehensive analysis of the H5N1 bird flu outbreak, calling on world governments to ...

Brown pelicans – easily recognized by their large size, massive bill and brownish plumage – breed in Southern California and ...

Clinics run by a state vendor near affected farms are giving out $25 gift cards to people who get a swab test for H5N1 bird ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses were found in 38 people in CA from Sept. 30 to Dec. 24, 2024, including the first pediatric case in the US.

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 ...