Highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has increasingly spread to mammals and infected hundreds of people, raising concerns that it may lead to human-to-human transmission and ...

Infectious disease outbreaks have a bad habit of piling on at the worst possible times.The 1918 flu pandemic, also known as the Spanish flu, caught the world by surprise just as the First World War ...

The US has almost doubled imports of Brazilian eggs once used only for pet food and is considering relaxing regulations for ...

According to the Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA), bird flu has been detected in 11 domestic cats. Only one survived.

The Stearns County detection is the first in a Minnesota dairy herd so far this year. The same 620-cow herd also tested ...

State officials say there's no concern for the safety of milk sold in stores, as it is pasteurized to kill bacteria and viruses.

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

Outbreaks of avian influenza, also known as the H5N1 virus, have led to the killing of millions of turkeys, chickens and ...

The UK’s Chief Veterinary Officer has confirmed a case of influenza of avian origin (H5N1) in a single sheep in Yorkshire ...

Safari Park, San Diego Zoo and SeaWorld have not seen any of the animals in their collections infected in the three years ...

H5N1 is already driving economic impacts. In the U.S., egg prices have spiked to record highs. The Trump administration has a strategy to deal with both the virus and high prices. That $1 billion plan ...

The Board of Animal Health says there is no concern for the safety of the public milk supply, as pasteurization has been ...