Vectors for Infection Risk in the United States Act (Mink VIRUS Act), bipartisan legislation endorsed by the Animal Welfare ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — A bill filed by a State House Democrat would add regulations on an unregulated minx fur trade in ...

Cats infected with H5N1 can develop severe and fatal illness ... Over and over again — from prairie dogs with mpox to mink with Covid-19 — our federal regulatory system has demonstrated ...

An ongoing outbreak of H5N1 bird flu virus has been spreading in dairy cow herds across state lines since March 2024. Yet, despite its deadliness for poultry, foxes, mink, cats and even whales ...

Another chicken flock tests positive for bird flu in Mississippi. What are the risks? How do I know if I have it? What you ...

Edwin Remsberg via Getty Images The H5N1 avian influenza outbreak continues ... capacity to get into a number of other mammals: seals, mink, foxes, cats and most prominently, and unexpectedly ...

there have been at least 69 people in the U.S. infected with H5N1 and one death since 2024. “We’re more concerned even than usual, because this bird flu already has developed the genetic capacity to ...

Farmed mink can catch it, as can polar bears ... 2016 across the U.S., and initial testing show these are " HPAI A(H5N1) viruses from clade 2.3.4.4," according to the CDC. Every state has ...