Knowing where, when and for how long mallard ducks – natural carriers of avian influenza – stop and rest as they migrate can ...

Avian flu strains tend to only affect birds, but the current outbreak has spread to cattle and – in rare cases – people. The ...

Any evidence of a bird virus jumping readily into mammals is a worry, as it could indicate that mutations that allow for ...

More than 100 federal scientists who track bird flu, including vaccine and food safety experts, have been laid off. This ...

Bird flu infections have been rare among people, but the pathogen is evolving, which has scientists worried about a possible ...

Rampant bird flu has torn across America’s livestock, sickened farm workers and resulted in the culling of millions of birds ...

Bird flu would be much less of a threat if we spread chickens out across the country instead of concentrating them together ...

After changes to a state nuisance program, some Canada geese causing problems around lakes and golf courses may now be put ...

This bird flu, which scientists call highly pathogenic avian influenza, or H5N1, is already at panzootic—animal pandemic—status, killing birds in every continent except for Australia ...