Bird flu infections have been rare among people, but the pathogen is evolving, which has scientists worried about a possible ...

The North Dakota Department of Agriculture (NDDA) has confirmed the first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in ...

More than 100 federal scientists who track bird flu, including vaccine and food safety experts, have been laid off. This comes as the deadly pathogen rips through dairy herds and poultry flocks.

Apr. 17, 2025 — A vaccine under development has demonstrated complete protection in mice against a deadly variant of the virus that causes bird flu. The work focuses on the H5N1 variant known as ...

Knowing where, when and for how long mallard ducks – natural carriers of avian influenza – stop and rest as they migrate can ...

The North Dakota Department of Agriculture has confirmed a case of highly pathogenic bird flu in a backyard chicken flock in Stutsman County.

The development of feed- or water-based vaccines remains an active area of research in the poultry industry. Changing variants of avian influenza significantly impact the egg price situation and ...

Apr. 18, 2025 — A team led by researchers say public ignorance and apathy towards bird flu (highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI) could pose a serious obstacle to containing the virus and ...

Hospitals should expand and speed up testing of people hospitalised with influenza to see if they are suffering from bird flu, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Influenza causes 140,000 to 710,000 hospitalisations and 12,000 to 52,000 deaths in the US every year, as well as economic losses of around $25 billion a year, according to Pfizer.

H5N1 influenza has now been detected in pigs. This was something virologists had been worrying about ever since this highly pathogenic strain of bird flu started its rapid global spread in 2020. But ...