A new paper from a team of Cornell University researchers shows that the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus causes ...

Bird flu fears have focused on the poultry and dairy industries and human health. But wild animals are threatened, too—at ...

Chinese researchers, led by Professor Hualan Chen of the Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, have also presented a roadmap for managing the disease in cattle.

Influenza viruses like bird flu can mix and match their genomes, and this has played a role in at least three of the last ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it has ended its emergency response to H5N1 bird flu, citing a drop ...

The Arizona Department has issued a warning after avian flu was found in milk produced by cows at a dairy in Maricopa County. AZDA did not identify the dairy, but said the detection happened on June ...

Purdue University researchers now have developed an innovative, paper-based diagnostic test for rapidly detecting avian ...

Avian influenza, also called avian flu or bird flu, is an illness that usually affects only birds. There are many different strains of avian flu: 16 H subtypes and 9 N subtypes. Only those labeled ...

What South Africa’s Poultry Vaccines Can—and Can’t—Do As government greenlights vaccines for H5 avian flu strains, the uniquely South African H7N6 virus remains unchecked.

The Arizona Department of Agriculture says poultry at a Maricopa County commercial farm have tested positive for avian flu.

Avian influenza has been confirmed in wild bobcats in New York state, according to a new study from Cornell University.

An Antarctic skua, one of the birds hardest hit by avian flu in the region. Peter Prokosch via Flickr A deadly strain of H5N1, commonly known as avian flu, has been found in birds across the ...