USDA is rolling out its biosecurity cost-share program to combat avian influenza. The agency will provide voluntary audits to ...

Brian Baldridge, the director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture, said his agency is coordinating its response closely ...

The recent live bird market cases represent the second and third known cases of avian influenza in Philadelphia. In January, ...

Avian flu has wreaked havoc in other parts of the world. According to the World Organization for Animal Health, the United ...

As the H5N1 avian influenza outbreak continues, scientists are working to better understand the virus's threat to human ...

A Brooklyn kitten has been identified as the second confirmed feline victim of avian flu in New York City — having contracted the contagion from another infected cat. Valentino, a 1-year-old ...

The H5N1 avian influenza virus is mutating to evade immune defenses in mammals following prior infection or vaccination.

Josué Lemus, Avian Flu Coordinator at the Epidemiology Department said boat tours and “visits to neighborhoods and colonies” to prevent influenza in domestic poultry were undertaken.

Existing antivirals may be less effective against this H5N1 bird flu strain, and prevention measures, such as avoiding raw milk consumption and reducing exposure in dairy workers, may be the most ...

Zoetis received conditional USDA approval for an avian flu vaccine. Major poultry and dairy organizations back vaccine use to control the virus. The Trump administration is rolling out a new ...

Agriculture Department officials said Thursday they're focusing their efforts to fight the bird flu on biosecurity in poultry flocks, particularly egg-laying operations, as they seek to lower egg ...