Avian influenza, commonly termed “bird flu”, is caused by the avian influenza virus A. This virus is usually found in wild ...

Flanders Road resident Jay Joseph walked to his backyard to find one of his beloved peafowl — part of a flock of six peacocks and pea hens he’d kept and admired for years — dead in its insulated wire ...

The Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture Animal Industry Division is again urging commercial poultry operations and backyard bird owners to increase biosecurity measures to protect their flocks from ...

HPAI can spread quickly between birds, including birds that do not have signs of the disease, according to reports.

The national spread of the disease has alarmed public health officials, who remain concerned it could spread to humans on a large scale.

The Putnam County Health Department said humans who do not come into direct contact with sick animals are considered low risk ...

Moderna MRNA announced that the U.S. government, through the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (“BARDA”) ...

Two geese found dead on the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus have tested positive for avian influenza, the ...

Avian influenza A (H5N1) has mutated, so the symptoms of bird flu could change as more people get sick in 2025.

The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has started recommending Iowa physicians consider screening for avian influenza when treating patients. Clinicians are advised to consider avian ...

Within the next two weeks, the owners of a remote B.C. ostrich farm are expected to round up 400 of their ostriches and kill them following an avian flu outbreak. “We can’t shoot them.