But when certain strains of avian flu do manage to infect humans, it can be deadly. From 2003 to 2021, a little more than half of the 863 people who contracted an earlier strain of H5N1 died. The ...

How H5N1 exemplifies how Big Meat and Dairy trap us in an infectious disease cycle — prioritizing profits over the possibility of a pandemic.

Scientists say an apocalyptic bird flu could wipe out half of humanity By . Paula Froelich. Published May 30, 2020. ... “The pandemic cycle could theoretically be broken for good,” he writes.

In today’s Health Alert, a ban on relocating birds in Michigan due to the bird flu outbreak is raising concerns about Swimmer ...

Although California dairy farmers had heard about the H5N1 bird flu before it hit, ... Observations suggest that production drops significantly in the current cycle, often by 60% or 70%.

A bird flu test is held up against a flock of chickens. Experts have warned that the U.S. is "underprepared" for a bird flu outbreak. JUN LI/Getty ...

Free-range chickens must have continuous access to the outdoors during their laying cycle, which could increase their risk of catching the bird flu from migratory fowl. (Erin Jordan/The Gazette) ...

Sky-high egg prices have drawn renewed attention to the bird flu outbreak, which has caused more than 166 million wild and domestic birds in the U.S. to die since it began in 2022.

But everyone worries that the potentially lethal bird flu is on the way. “I hope not,” says Clemente Jimenez, as he fixes a hose at Pastime Lakes, a 1,500-head dairy farm. “It’s a lot of ...

The Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife confirmed the cause of death for eaglets E24 and E25 was Avian Flu, also known as Bird Flu. ... it does not operate on a 24-hour cycle.

With bird flu killing millions of egg-laying chickens, prices surged more than 15% in January from a month earlier, the biggest advance since 2015, and 55% from a year before, according to a US ...

The bird flu outbreak has sent egg prices skyrocketing, but that doesn’t mean chicken nuggets are about to get more expensive. That’s because chickens that are raised for meat, known as ...