At the start of 2025, health officials in Louisiana reported the first U.S. bird flu death and experts questioned whether ...

Laila Proença DVM, PhD, MV, MSc, DACZM; Christopher Lee, DVM, MPH, DACVPM; and Deborah Thomson, DVM, share their perspectives ...

In partnership with the Marine Mammal Center and NOAA, the implementation of the bird flu vaccine in marine mammals was initially rolled out in July to a small group of elephant seals in California.

Even though the 2024-2025 migratory bird season is winding down, concerns about highly pathogenic avian influenza — commonly known as bird flu — remain. The public is paying attention. Consumers are ...

The risk of bird flu to humans is low, but eating undercooked eggs or chicken could increase your chances of exposure to ...

In two recent interviews on Fox News, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. downplayed concerns about H5N1 avian influenza in the U.S., raising alarm among public health and infectious disease experts.

Avian influenza, also called avian flu or bird flu, is an illness that usually affects only birds. There are many different strains of avian flu: 16 H subtypes and 9 N subtypes. Only those labeled H5, ...

If you own poultry or pay attention to the price of eggs, you’re probably aware of highly pathogenic avian influenza or highly pathogenic avian influenza, also known as HPAI, according to a news ...

Avian influenza A viruses, particularly the H5N1 subtype, continue to grab headlines — raising concerns for the public who is likely leery of another pandemic. Yet many infectious disease experts say ...

WEST FARGO, N.D. — Avian influenza activity has started to ramp up in North Dakota and South Dakota over recent weeks. Health experts in North Dakota are hoping to keep the public informed on what ...

If there was one thing we learned from COVID, it was the need for rapid, accurate, point-of-care testing to help contain the virus before it had spread silently to many others. It was years before we ...

ITHACA, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 10: HDC receiving staff prep arriving milk samples for testing at the Animal Health Diagnostic Center at Cornell University on December 10, 2024 in Ithaca, New York. The ...