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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 ...

With its continued spread and mutations, veterinarians and virologists interviewed warn this outbreak could become a new ...

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has discovered avian flu in several species of mammals, including skunks, foxes and ...

JANESVILLE, Wis. –– MacFarlane Pheasants Inc. has been recovering from a tornado back in June and has been taking preventative actions against the spread of avian flu. When a tornado tore ...

A bird flu outbreak has been confirmed in Siddipet district, Telangana, specifically at a poultry farm in Kangal village. Authorities are implementing measures to prevent the spread, including ...

Bird flu is continuing to spread in New York City despite the state’s temporary live market shut down in February — and activists want a total closure of the slaughter houses. At least 4,180 ...

Mexico City: A three-year-old girl has become Mexico's first human fatality from H5N1 bird flu, dying early Tuesday of multiple organ failure, health officials said. The girl from the northern ...

The federal government is allocating an additional $1 billion to combat the avian flu, an outbreak of which led to the killing of millions of healthy chickens and soaring egg prices over the past 12 ...

The research comes at a crucial time as the United States continues to battle a widespread outbreak of bird flu, a strain of H5N1 influenza that has affected more than 100 million birds and spread ...

(Reuters) - Several U.S. Department of Agriculture employees who worked on the agency's bird flu response will leave at the end of April, straining the federal capacity to monitor the spread of ...