Wildlife officials say avian flu has been detected in wild birds in Maine, elevating the risk status of the disease in our ...

Bird flu continues making headlines, especially because of its impact on egg prices. Scientists have discovered a second ...

When bird flu first appeared, it was thought to be a risk primarily to birds and was felt unlikely to infect people. Infecting birds is bad enough: the current outbreak among chickens has been a major ...

Within 24 to 48 hours of the first detection of the virus, state and federal animal health officials work with farms to cull ...

The Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry reports the primary culprit is migratory birds interacting with ...

That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and ...

The newer variant of avian influenza that recently infected dairy cattle in Nevada has a genetic change that’s thought to ...

Bird flu cases are still rising in the U.S. as the virus continues to devastate poultry farms. More than 145 million chickens, ducks, turkeys and other fowl have been slaughtered across the United ...