After a quiet summer, the virus is hitting poultry flocks hard in the run-up to the holidays — and in the midst of a federal ...

Texas health and wildlife officials have detected avian flu in at least four mammal species across six counties on the Texas High Plains. Among them: foxes, raccoons, skunks and cats. The virus is ...

Today Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP) noted a second case of human avian influenza A (H5N1) from Cambodia in a ...

As wild birds begin to migrate during the transition into fall, the risk for transmission of highly pathogenic avian ...

The first human case of bird flu in Texas also appears to be the first in the country linked to direct exposure to dairy cattle, the Texas Department of State Health Services reported Monday. Avian ...

Avian influenza, or the bird flu, is an extremely infectious respiratory disease that affects all domestic poultry, including laying hens, broilers, and turkeys, as well as waterfowl and game birds.

Bird flu has been found in a wild duck and vultures in Indiana, and the public is advised to avoid contact with sick ...

As hundreds of millions of birds flock south during seasonal autumn migration, so too does a particularly virulent strain of ...