The jump of highly pathogenic avian influenza to people is one of the worst nightmares for virologists, but at the moment the ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI, has been detected on commercial farms in California and other parts of the U.S. The most recent outbreak of the highly transmissible strain of bird flu ...

Single Mutation in H5N1 Influenza Surface Protein Could Enable Easier Human Infection Dec. 6, 2024 — A single modification in the protein found on the surface of the highly pathogenic avian ...

Avian influenza (aka avian flu or bird flu) is a type of influenza that primarily infects birds but can sometime cause infection in mammals like cows, and rarely humans. How widespread is avian flu?

Some good news in a recent sea of worry. A colony of one of the UK’s rarest breeding seabirds, devastated by Avian Influenza ...

The UK Health Security Agency, UKHSA, has confirmed a case of influenza A(H5N1) in a person in the West Midlands region. Simultaneously the UK Chief Veterinary Officer has ordered a new Avian ...

An egg farm in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley has tested positive for avian influenza. The farm with a capacity of 50,000 birds was tested Sunday after a mortality spike. Other birds were looking ...

THE first gannets of the year have been spotted on the Bass Rock. The island, located off the coast of North Berwick, is home to the world's largest colony of northern gannets. Gannets left the rock ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture on Monday confirmed the first case of avian flu in domestic poultry in 2025.The positive case was found in a chicken flock on a commercial farm in Lehigh ...

A cat in Washington County has tested positive for avian influenza, or bird flu, the Oregon Department of Agriculture announced Friday. There also have been a handful of bird flu detections in ...