All live bird markets in New York City and several neighboring counties were ordered to be closed on Friday after inspectors ...

Bird flu appeared in a Texas dairy farm in March 2024. Havoc has followed on farms and in grocery stores and concerns mount for human health.

By 1957, scientists had a significantly more sophisticated understanding of influenza, worrying them that a pandemic similar ...

That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and ...

A red tailed hawk, great horned owl and hooded merganser ducks are among the birds felled by the virus, officials confirmed.

More than 156 million chickens, ducks, turkeys and other fowl have been slaughtered across the United States since the ...

Both cats and dogs are at risk for contracting bird flu. Pet owners can look for the signs in their furry friends.

Over the past 60 years, the influenza virus has continued to drift and shift. In 1968, a shift once again caused a pandemic.

Bird Mimicry Bird that mimic other birds are the cover artists of the bird world, borrowing sounds and tunes from other birds to use as their own. Some mimicry bird species—mockingbirds, thrashers and ...

The Milwaukee County Zoo is closing its aviary for “the foreseeable future” as a precaution against highly contagious avian ...

Tools used to contain previous bird flu outbreaks aren’t working this time, experts say. The virus has sickened at least 67 people in the U.S. and killed one, with egg producers begging for a new ...