Existing antivirals may be less effective against this H5N1 bird flu strain, and prevention measures, such as avoiding raw milk consumption and reducing exposure in dairy workers, may be the most ...

Avian flu has wreaked havoc in other parts of the world. According to the World Organization for Animal Health, the United ...

The bird flu (avian H5N1 influenza) has been circulating widely in cattle and other mammals. Many researchers note that there is a risk of a human pandemic. Some studies suggest that older humans ...

In the case of critically endangered California condors, scientists organized a vaccination program -- including in San Diego ...

Zoetis received conditional USDA approval for an avian flu vaccine. Major poultry and dairy organizations back vaccine use to control the virus. The Trump administration is rolling out a new ...

Avian flu outbreaks have been blamed for soaring egg prices thanks to an ongoing epidemic that has killed upwards of 150 million birds and wreaked havoc on the American poultry industry.

Two cats in New York City have died from the avian flu — including one doomed 8-month-old kitten that died just one week after being rushed to an Upper West Side veterinarian — marking the ...

Most of those infections have been seen in wild bird populations, with two known instances of backyard poultry flocks ...

In the summer of 2022, aboard a small boat in the waters of Dublin Port, a scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 horror classic The Birds flashed through my mind. In the film, a group of ...

A Brooklyn kitten has been identified as the second confirmed feline victim of avian flu in New York City — having contracted the contagion from another infected cat. Valentino, a 1-year-old ...