Avian flu strains tend to only affect birds, but the current outbreak has spread to cattle and – in rare cases – people. The ...

Bird flu, or avian influenza, is a viral infection that primarily affects birds, especially poultry and wild waterfowl, but in rare cases, it can also infect mammals, including humans and pets.

Bird Flu In India: As India continues to grapple with rising cases of H5N1, also known as Bird Flu infections, experts have warned that this virus has the potential to trigger another COVID-like ...

Spring is in the air. That means more birds flocking to Nova Scotia and the risk of avian influenza (H5N1), commonly known as bird flu. An estimated 12,000 birds in Nova Scotia have been impacted ...

New Delhi: The government on Friday called on poultry farms to enhance hygiene practices, control farm access, and register with authorities within a month to better track and control bird flu ...

Amid recent outbreaks of avian Influenza, or bird flu, in the country, the Union government has mandated registration of all poultry farms within a month to enhance disease tracking and control.

SATURDAY, April 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Bird flu is changing fast and could become more dangerous to humans, new research from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte suggests.

According to the state agency's bird flu resources page, the number of poultry affected is around 40,000. The affected premises has been quarantined to restrict movement of poultry and poultry ...

There is hope puffins have built some immunity to bird flu ... free of the flu, the trust said it was hopeful that immunity was building within the colony. National Trust Images / Nick Upton ...

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration has fired staff who were working on the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) bird flu response as part of its mass layoffs at the Department of Health ...

A dangerous bird flu, in other words, was suddenly circulating in mammals—mammals with which people have ongoing, extensive contact. “Holy cow,” says Thomas Friedrich, a virologist at the Un ...

The top veterinarians overseeing the bird flu response at the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Veterinary Medicine were laid off on Tuesday, as part of sweeping cuts ordered by Health and ...