Avian influenza, also called avian flu or bird flu, is an illness that usually affects only birds. There are many different strains of avian flu: 16 H subtypes and 9 N subtypes. Only those labeled H5, ...

Last week, the virus was detected at a poultry farm in Maricopa County. A fourth poultry farm in Maricopa County tested ...

As cases of bird flu continue rising across dairy herds, researchers have developed a new mRNA vaccine to protect dairy calves from the H5N1 virus. The vaccine is currently under early testing and ...

Over the past 15 months, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed 70 human cases of bird flu across ...

The birds amassed fans, as legions of devotees follow along on webcams each spring as falcons progress from hatching to ...

An 11-year-old boy from Cambodia's Kampong Speu province has died from H5N1 avian influenza, marking the country's fourth ...

During a call with U.S. doctors this month, one CDC official noted that there is a seasonality to bird flu: Cases peak in the fall and early winter, possibly due to the migration patterns of wild ...

The most recent infections confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were in early February in Nevada ... after drinking raw milk were one of the first signs that dairy cows were ...

A new variant of the bird flu has infected a dairy worker ... The variant has recently infected dairy cattle and humans, including the Nevada adult and a 13-year-old girl in Canada.

The Arizona Department of Agriculture (AZDA) recently confirmed the first bird flu genotype D1.1 ... was found in Nevada dairy cattle Jan. 31. All previous detections in dairy cattle were a ...

Last week, USDA and Nevada’s Department of Agriculture announced a detection there of H5N1 in dairy herds. Since it was first discovered that bird flu viruses were infecting cows and spreading ...

A new type of bird flu has been detected in a human dairy worker in Nevada ... within a week of the D1.1 strain being detected in Nevada cows, there was already a human infection.