The Ohio State University Extension School offers an online course for homeowners navigating poultry care in their backyards.

Scientist and doctors from around the world are raising warning flags about the bird flu that has decimated poultry population in the U.S.

As H5N1 bird flu spreads across species in the US, global experts warn that ongoing mutations, cross-species infections, and ...

Feed stores are selling out of baby chickens. But there are downsides to having a backyard flock, such as cost and potential ...

As worries grow about the potential for a bird flu pandemic, leading virologists warn there's a rising threat from H5N1 and ...

Since 1996, H5N1 has been circulating in wild birds, is found in bird droppings and spreads in a manner similar to that of ...

The viruses that cause seasonal flu and bird flu are distinct but still closely ... avian flu strains tend to infect birds. But the potential for influenza A viruses that typically infect animals ...

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.

The outbreak began in February and triggered widespread poultry deaths despite farmers' efforts to implement biosecurity ...

So far, the Department of Agriculture has confirmed a staggering 41 outbreaks this year that struck down entire egg-laying flocks in Arizona, California, Iowa, Indiana, Missouri, North Carolina, ...

In the past three years, outbreaks of bird flu, formally called highly pathogenic avian influenza, in wild animals spilled over to dairy cows and poultry, infecting several dozen humans and even ...