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

The USDA has launched a $1 billion strategy to curb highly pathogenic avian influenza, protect the U.S. poultry industry and lower egg prices. Vaccines, enhanced biosecurity measures and ...

This is due in part to continuing outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza, which has devastated American poultry farmers and slashed the egg supply over the past two years.

Authorities have culled 2.4 million birds to try and control two large avian influenza outbreaks that have resulted in intermittent but ongoing egg shortages. So far Australia has managed to avoid ...

The federal government plans to purchase eggs from other nations as part of a five-pronged strategy, backed by $1 billion in funding, to combat a strain of avian influenza that hit in late 2021 ...

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced the Trump administration’s plan for tackling the avian flu in front of state agriculture leaders at the National Association of State ...

The Trump administration is investing up to $1 billion in new funding to combat impacts of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) and soaring egg prices. USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins in the ...

It is believed the mass mortality event is associated with Avian Influenza A (H5N1) -- more commonly known as bird flu. According to a Facebook post, bird species across Outagamie County are being ...

A duck farm on Long Island has hatched a new generation of chicks — beginning to replace the nearly 100,000 mallards they were forced to kill due to the spread of avian flu. Crescent Duck Farm ...

"Additionally, to verify the safety of the meat supply, these agencies have completed three separate beef safety studies related to avian influenza in meat from dairy cattle." Half-empty shelves ...

A cull of birds is to be carried out in an area of Herefordshire following the confirmation of avian influenza. A 3km (1.8 mile) captive bird monitoring zone has been declared around a premises in ...

On February 19, Tulane University reported that a new variant of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, also known as bird flu, was found in cows and a dairy worker. But that's not the only bad news.