If you have sick birds in your BACKYARD flock, please report them to WSDA’s Sick Bird Hotline at 1-800-606-3056. If your farm ...

Recent viral mutations have shown avian influenza’s adaptability to mammalian hosts, prompting infectious disease, animal ...

Avian influenza—which has devastated poultry flocks, wildlife populations and increasingly poses a public health risk—has now ...

The H5N1 avian influenza virus is mutating to evade immune defenses in mammals following prior infection or vaccination.

The detection of bird flu in a sheep is another sign that the H5N1 virus is adapting to hop to new hosts ...

An avian influenza vaccine for layers, broilers, and practical for farmers was developed thanks to innovative technology ...

Mar. 3, 2025 — As highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza continues to spread in the U.S., posing serious threats to dairy and poultry farms, both farmers and public health experts need better ...

As the H5N1 avian influenza outbreak continues, scientists are working to better understand the virus's threat to human ...

The innovation also has the potential to detect other diseases in livestock, in addition to detecting up to 200 types of cancers ...

Zoetis received conditional USDA approval for an avian flu vaccine. Major poultry and dairy organizations back vaccine use to control the virus. The Trump administration is rolling out a new ...

However, current evidence suggests that the avian influenza viruses we’re seeing circulating around the world do not spread easily to people – and the risk of avian flu to the general public ...