The new strain of H5N1 avian influenza virus, discovered by a dairy worker on a farm in Texas, is said to be deadly for ...

In partnership with state veterinarians, USDA will implement a tiered strategy to collect milk samples to better assess where ...

Birds and humans have different types of receptors in their respiratory tract that flu viruses attach to, like a lock ...

H5N1 influenza has now been detected in pigs. This was something virologists had been worrying about ever since this highly ...

The operation, dubbed Cold Meat 2, launched last week. It tracked 18,000 head of cattle raised in 100 square miles (260 ...

USDA will begin bulk testing milk supplies starting in states where dairy cattle tested positive last spring for the H5N1 bird flu virus. Bird flu is an increasing concern for USDA, amid H5N1 infectio ...

Officials with the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF) confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in 8 ...

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says the avian influenza confirmed in hogs on a backyard farm operation in Oregon at the end of ...

Officials with the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza in eight commercial ...

USDA will test the milk supply beginning with states where dairy cattle tested positive in the spring for the H5N1 bird flu virus. Bird flu is an increasing concern for ...

Swine can act as so-called “mixing vessels” for human and bird flus, giving avian viruses an opportunity to adapt for spreading in people.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture and Oregon state veterinary officials have confirmed a case of H5N1 in swine.