New versions of the H5N1 virus are increasingly adept at spreading. Suggestions to either let it rip in poultry or vaccinate the birds could backfire.

The CDC ends its emergency response to H5N1 bird flu after recording 70 human cases and one death nationally, even as experts ...

In a Policy Forum, Erin Sorrell and colleagues – a coalition of virologists, veterinarians, and health security experts – ...

We are now in year four of a catastrophic global animal disease outbreak that has wiped out more than 130 million egg-laying hens in the U.S. Highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, has ...

Bird flu is continuing to spread in animals across the United States more than a year after the first human case was detected. Since then, at least 70 people have fallen ill and at least one death ...

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Cartanza is often asked questions about bird flu by non-agriculture audiences. They come to her through her commitment to public outreach, which takes her everywhere from elementary schools to ...

In people, avian flu symptoms resemble those of seasonal flu and can range from mild to severe, sometimes turning deadly. Symptoms also may include conjunctivitis — eye irritation and redness.

The H5N1 bird flu virus has spread among a variety of bird species, including chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese, and many migratory wild birds. There have also been cases in humans and other mammals ...

Egg prices are expected to continue going up as farmers across the country deal with outbreaks of bird flu. The USDA is working to reimburse farmers who have to kill and replace their chickens.

The Scribbler grew up on a large duck farm near Bird-in-Hand in the 1950s. That was long before the virus that causes bird flu ever came near Lancaster County.