So far, the Department of Agriculture has confirmed a staggering 41 outbreaks this year that struck down entire egg-laying flocks in Arizona, California, Iowa, Indiana, Missouri, North Carolina, ...

Bird flu cases continue to be detected in live poultry markets in the city two months after the state temporarily shut them ...

The virus leads to an estimated 36,000 deaths in the United States each season — many of them so sudden that families are ...

Bobcats, the elusive felines that roam throughout much of New York State, have been exposed to avian flu and some even survived the ordeal, according to a new study. Experts said this was the ...

In recent news appearances, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has suggested allowing ...

One year ago, the first bird flu infection in a human in the United States was reported in a Texas dairy worker. There have been at least 70 cases since then.

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 ...

Avian influenza – which has devastated poultry flocks, wildlife populations and increasingly poses a public health risk – has now been confirmed in wild bobcats in New York state.

Samples of a popular cat food have tested positive for avian flu and are being recalled by the manufacturer, according to the New York State Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Food and Drug ...

In 2016, a veterinarian at a New York City animal shelter tested positive for a different strain of bird flu, H7N2, after contact with sick cats. “We need to be aware of these ongoing ...

Kennedy Jr. has suggested allowing bird flu ... birds or new therapeutics was unlikely to be effective. “People have been trying to breed genetic lines that are resistant to flu for some years ...