Barn cats that died after drinking raw milk were one of the first signs that dairy cows were becoming infected with bird flu in 2024. Since then, the Agriculture Department has confirmed more than ...

We don't even know how many cases of bird flu in cats are out there. About 2.6% of cats allowed to roam in one endemic area were found to have antibodies to bird flu (1), but some of the cats that ...

Bird flu, formally known as H5N1, has traditionally been a bird disease, as the name suggests. But since the emergence of a particularly aggressive version—clade 2.3.4.4b—in 2020, the virus ...

Bird flu has been circulating worldwide since the 1990 and was first detected in American dairy farms in March 2024. It had infected 70 people as of late February, and killed one.

Bird flu continues to spread quickly through the U.S. farm system because that system is inherently a viral playground. Birds are kept in disgusting, crowded conditions that encourage viral spread.

The H5N1 bird flu has been spreading widely among wild birds, poultry and other animals around the world for several years, and starting early last year became a problem in people and cows in the U.S.

Over 480 bird species and dozens of mammal species have been affected. That includes humans. Seventy people in the U.S. have gotten sick with bird flu in the past year, nearly all exposed to the virus ...

How a bird flu pandemic could emerge 06:21. The Trump administration has canceled $766 million awarded to drugmaker Moderna Inc. to develop a vaccine against potential pandemic influenza viruses ...

The bird flu virus can remain infectious in raw milk for over a day at room temperature and more than a week when refrigerated, according to a new, non-peer-reviewed research from a group of UK ...

Hickman said at a May 30 news conference he did not expect the outbreak at Hickman’s to impact overall egg prices significantly. Here's what to know about the flu outbreak and its impact.

Health officials are urging vigilance as reports of bird flu cases in humans appear to have stopped. In the last 14 months, infections have been reported in 70 people in the U.S. — most of them ...

The H5N1 bird flu has been spreading widely among wild birds, poultry and other animals around the world for several years, and starting early last year became a problem in people and cows in the U.S.