USDA both regulating and promoting livestock industries – prevents appropriate responses to outbreaks of infectious disease.

A week after mandatory testing began, the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food reported the initial samples from 8 dairy ...

Dr. Todd Ellerin, chief of infectious diseases at South Shore Health, answers questions about the recent infection of a pig ...

A bird flu virus has jumped one species closer to a human outbreak. The H5N1 bird flu was detected in a pig in Oregon, the first instance of a swine infection in the US, officials announced on ...

Now, as the usual seasonal flu season approaches, some health experts wonder if it might give bird flu a dangerous boost.

A Canadian teenager is hospitalized in critical condition with suspected bird flu, health officials reported Tuesday.

A pig was infected with bird flu in Oregon, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported Wednesday. It’s the first time bird flu, also known as the H5N1 virus, infected a pig in the United States ...

A case of H5N1 bird flu was confirmed in a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the virus in swine in the country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. Pigs represent a ...

H5N1 influenza has now been detected in pigs. This was something virologists had been worrying about ever since this highly pathogenic strain of bird flu started its rapid global spread in 2020.

Internal emails reveal Michigan health officials suspected that owners may have inadvertently spread bird flu to their household cats, raising new concerns about transmission patterns of the virus.

The UK government warned bird keepers to remain vigilant after bird flu was detected at a commercial poultry farm in northern ...

A pig has tested positive for H5N1 bird flu in a backyard farm in Oregon. Pigs can host both bird and human flu viruses, which can make them a dangerous "mixing bowl." Flu season can also heighten ...