After intense lobbying on the part of affected industry stakeholders for approval of the African swine flu vaccine, the Food and Drug Administration has finally but “conditionally” issued “a two-year ...
The virus impacts milk production and poses significant risks to other bird species, particularly domestic poultry as well as ...
The Free Press interviewed Dr. Kimberly Dodd, the dean of the MSU College of Veterinary Medicine, about efforts to tame the ...
Since early 2024, the U.S. has logged 66 human cases of H5N1. Scientists are keeping a watchful eye on the virus’s spread as we enter a new year.
Avian flu is rampant in poultry farms and in wild birds in the U.S. Every mutation brings the virus one step closer to the ...
The nation's first human death due to the bird flu occurred this month, the latest development in a global outbreak that, ...
As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains, bird flu is a disease caused by the influenza A virus. At ...
Horses carry their own form of flu virus, and researchers say that if the two viruses combine, the consequences are unknown ...
Two months shy of the fifth anniversary of COVID-19 being declared a global pandemic, the US has recorded its first human ...
More than 100 chickens, geese, ducks and other birds at Hess-Hathaway Park in Waterford have been culled after some tested ...
The U.S. has developed a bird flu vaccine that can be prepared when needed. It’s not currently available because health ...
A variant of the virus caused disease in people in 1997, when there was a small but deadly outbreak in Hong Kong. Eighteen ...