We all know what it feels like to have the flu. Fever, body aches, coughing, congestion, chills, sore throat . . . in general ...

Avian flu is not just for the birds ... according to the latest data from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). In the United States ...

COVID-19, scientists are watching another virus warily: H5N1. It’s been circulating widely in the U.S. — and now, wild birds ...

Bird flu is changing rapidly, increasing the chances of more humans getting sick. Arizona must do more now to contain the spread.

OPPR’s H5N1 bird flu plans had been focused on infection surveillance and on safeguarding human and animal health, but the Trump administration seems ready to take a different approach.

Bird flu has been detected in rats for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed Wednesday. Four black rats were confirmed to have ...

The federal government granted animal health company Zoetis a conditional license for its avian influenza vaccine for use in chickens as bird flu outbreaks continue to devastate flocks across the ...

In 2016, a veterinarian was infected with bird flu after having contact with a sick cat at a Manhattan animal shelter. The type of flu in that case was far less severe than the H5N1 bird flu ...

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. In February 2024, dairy farmers in the northwest corner of the Texas ...

Zoetis initially got a contract to create a bird flu vaccine for chickens from the USDA’s National Veterinary Stockpile in 2016. As with a human flu vaccine, the company has had to keep updating ...