There is no evidence the youngster was exposed to livestock or any infected animals, deepening the mystery about the spread of H5N1 bird flu.

L.A. County health officials are asking residents to take precautions after a handful of wild birds tested positive for avian ...

L.A. County health officials are asking residents to take precautions after a handful of wild birds tested positive for avian ...

The letter also points out that furloughs and Reduction in Force actions (RIFs) at USDA and CDC are limiting real-time reporting capacities, hampering farmers’ ability to respond to outbreaks in real ...

California’s workplace safety regulator has rejected a petition for an emergency temporary standard to protect dairy workers from avian influenza, but signaled an openness to potentially costly ...

While it remains seasonal in poultry, the disease is spreading in dairy cows and infecting hundreds of other species—including a few humans.

EXPLAINS WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. IT’S THE ONES THAT I CAN GET CLOSE TO THAT CAN BARELY MOVE OR GET UP SLOWLY AND WALK AWAY. THAT I KNOW HAVE SOMETHING GOING ON. LESLIE ACKERMAN WITH CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE ...

It was a quiet summer for bird flu: Egg prices fell a bit, fewer sick poultry flocks were culled on farms, and officials took a breath. “It was lovely,” said Shauna Voss, the assistant director of the ...

A Hawaiian monk seal swims in a pool after receiving a bird flu vaccine at Ke Kai Ola in Kailua-Kona. The endangered Hawaiian ...