Two state health departments have issued new guidance on testing for the bird flu, following a CDC advisory, even as it says the risk to the public remains low.

San Mateo County public health officials reported finding H5N1 bird flu in a pet cat and a backyard poultry flock.

The discovery of bird flu in the San Mateo backyard flock prompted health officials to remind people to take biosecurity ...

Chickens and turkeys at commercial poultry operations likely became infected with bird flu through contact with migrating ...

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

While it's tragic and alarming to see a massive die-off, it's not uncommon for birds that travel in such large populations.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the state is temporarily shutting down all live bird markets in New York City and ...

New York has ordered a weeklong shutdown of all live bird markets in New York City, Westchester and Long Island after seven ...

Pop into your local Publix, Aldi, Winn-Dixie, Presidente, Sedano’s and you’ll find the refrigerated egg racks are often as bare as toilet paper shelves were during the first year of the COVID pandemic ...

A second type of bird flu has been found in U.S. dairy cows for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday.

Cases in avian influenza, better known as bird flu, are continuing to rise nationwide. In New York, the virus has primarily affected geese and raptors. But with one human ...

While the risk to humans of exposure from cows or milk remains low, this new flu spillover from birds into cows raises the need for continued surveillance.