Could Bird Flu Spread between Humans? Here’s What It Would Take The H5N1 avian flu is circulating in cows and other mammals. Whether it will make a permanent leap to humans is another question ...

Though the current public health risk of H5N1 bird flu is low, the University of Florida (UF) is taking a proactive approach to education about the illness, which is responsible for one human death in ...

The lawsuit said California's animal cruelty laws created "unnecessary red tape" in egg production, bringing up prices in the U.S.

As egg prices soar, health officials discuss options to fight bird flu The Trump administration sued California and Gov. Gavin Newsom over the state's anti-animal cruelty laws Wednesday, alleging ...

Chickens are highly susceptible to avian flu, but a few precautions can keep them and their humans safe.

Aaron Specht, assistant professor in the Purdue University School of Health Sciences, has investigated bird flu cases in critically endangered California condors since 2023, soon after 21 condors died ...

Astral Foods Ltd., one of South Africa’s biggest poultry producers by revenue, will start vaccinating chickens against bird flu after getting approval from the nation’s agriculture department.

The virus has not yet evolved to spread efficiently between people. Excellent vaccine technology exists, but the government has just withdrawn funding for the development of a bird flu vaccine. Every ...

The bird flu was long known to poultry farmers. Here’s why the dairy industry was caught off guard by its jump to cattle.

Rising egg and meat prices as well as a surge of avian flu cases at the beginning of the year are just a few reasons for an uptick in raising backyard chickens.