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

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.

First we stuffed the chickens into plastic buckets. Then we’d turn on the gas and… suddenly there’d be this screech, this horrible, unearthly screech: ‘Giii! Giii!’ “I hear it even now…” There are ...