Since 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed one U.S. death and 70 human infections from the bird flu; since January 2022, also per the CDC, nearly 170 million wild and ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control on Tuesday advised states to aid in H5N1 bird flu surveillance by increasing testing of influenza A virus samples during the summer to help detect even rare cases ...

In the US, most cases have been linked to H5N1-infected farms, but some infections were associated with commercially produced raw pet food and raw milk, the CDC says. "Bird flu is very deadly to ...

Apr. 17, 2025 — A vaccine under development has demonstrated complete protection in mice against a deadly variant of the virus that causes bird flu. The work focuses on the H5N1 variant known as ...

Egg prices set records this year after bird flu wiped out millions of laying hens. Cases have slowed in recent weeks, though experts warn outbreaks could flare up again during the spring and fall ...

Poultry and captive birds which have been cooped up since December under strict bird flu housing rules will finally be allowed outdoors again this week. The avian influenza virus, which can ...

The departures come as the country battles its longest-ever outbreak of bird flu and faces the encroachment of New World screwworm, a flesh-eating pest detected among cattle in Mexico.

Staff Exodus at US Farm Agency Leaves Fewer Experts to Battle Bird Flu By Leah Douglas and Tom Polansek (Reuters) - Hundreds of veterinarians, support staff and lab workers at the animal health ...

There are few details, but to bring egg prices down, the plan is aimed at trying to minimize the slaughter of chickens when the flu strikes… CDC finds evidence that bird flu spread silently to ...