The U.S. Department of Agriculture is calling this multi-year bird flu outbreak the largest animal health emergency in U.S.

The country’s first line of defense against public-health threats has been spared by DOGE—for now.

Since 2021, experts have seen bird flu — also called H5N1 influenza or highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) — spreading "fairly quickly" across the wild and domestic bird populations and, now, ...

Six dead geese were found in a Hillsborough pond as NJ faces a bird flu outbreak. Officials investigate while urging public ...

The USDA says "several" staffers working on the bird flu response were terminated over the weekend, and "we are working to ...

The Allegheny Front’s Kara Holsopple talked about the risks with Dr. Justin Brown, DVM, PhD, a Penn State professor and ...

(CNN) - About a hundred birds were recently found dead in a park in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The wild birds died from bird flu, ...

With so much H5N1 circulating in the U.S., scientists worry we are a few mutations away from a potential human pandemic.

Colorado hospitals admitted 425 people for flu in the week ending Feb. 1, which was the busiest week for flu hospitalizations ...

The egg industry has spent millions of dollars on measures to prevent avian influenza from devastating its flocks.

Widespread funding cuts across the government and new restrictions on funding for National Institutes of Health grants have also created uncertainty among infectious disease researchers and local ...

State health officials are reminding Montanans to take precautions to protect against influenza infection. Montana is currently experiencing widespread influenza activity, with cases and outbreaks ...