Bird flu infections have been rare among people, but the pathogen is evolving, which has scientists worried about a possible ...

More than 100 federal scientists who track bird flu, including vaccine and food safety experts, have been laid off. This comes as the deadly pathogen rips through dairy herds and poultry flocks.

A year into the outbreak of avian flu, there is a continuing threat from the virus to poultry flocks and dairy herds, and to a lesser degree humans. Since March 2024, the avian flu — also called ...

Wild bird flocks are probably the main reservoir of ... announced the discovery of a multi-state outbreak of bird flu among dairy cattle herds. That first announcement identified cases in a ...

With its continued spread and mutations, veterinarians and virologists interviewed warn this outbreak could become a new pandemic.

amid nationwide concerns of the virus jumping from poultry flocks to cows. The Minnesota Board of Animal Health says the 620-cow herd will be quarantined until they meet requirements proving they ...

Another dairy and a turkey farm have joined the list of northwest Iowa sites hit by bird flu. On Thursday, the state Department of Agriculture announced the detection of a case of highly ...

Securing barn doors is an important step to prevent wild birds from gaining access and infecting poultry flocks or beef herds, said Brian Hoefs, state veterinarian. Installing so-called “turkey ...

Sales of laying hens are higher than usual this spring as rising egg prices have prompted some Upper Valley residents to start or expand their own backyard flocks. A spokesperson for Tractor ...

This is essential to the survival of the permanent residents—lions, crocodiles and hippos among them—as well as the flocks and herds of migratory animals that come through every year.