The Keta Municipality Assembly in the Volta Region has recorded an outbreak of avian influenza, commonly known ...

Ventilation shutdown plus (VSD+) is an incredibly inhumane method of killing lots of animals at once by shutting off the air supply and driving up temperatures, causing organ failure and suffocation.

Despite facing challenges from avian influenza and severe weather, Georgia's bald eagles are maintaining a strong presence, ...

“Such a 'let-it-spread' strategy may identify small numbers of poultry infected by H5 influenza virus that do not develop ...

The Arizona Department of Agriculture (AZDA) has confirmed a new detection of H5N1 avian influenza in milk from a Maricopa ...

Georgia’s bald eagles are having an average nesting year – and that’s good news, according to the scientists who study them.

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A CDC advisory has recommended to ban the use of thimerosal in flu shots despite no evidence that it causes any harm.

A letter to the US public on the AMA website, signed by 75+ medical societies, stresses the vital importance of influenza, RSV, and COVID-19 vaccines.

Long-term air pollution exposure in adults, even at low levels, is linked to increased risk for pneumonia and other ALRIs requiring hospital care.

Two new H5N1 outbreaks confirmed in North West and Mpumalanga provinces. • Government plans first-ever mass poultry vaccination campaign underway. • Past 2023 epidemic led to culling of 10.5 million ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza is having a deadly effect on Michigan’s eagle population. A 2022 outbreak reduced breeding pairs. Now cases are going up again, and researchers are watching for a ...