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

It’s been detected in birds on every continent except Australia, seals in South America, foxes in Canada, as well as poultry, ...

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The public health threat from H5N1 — the avian influenza A virus that is currently infecting dairy cows, poultry and other animals in the United States — is low. But we should continue to expect ...

Fox News anchor Bret Baier is apologizing for playing a misleadingly edited clip in an interview with Vice President Kamala Harris. Harris sat down with Baier on Wednesday for a tense interview ...

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When the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced in late March that dairy cattle in three states had been sickened by H5N1 — a virulent and often deadly disease known scientifically as highly ...

Helen Branswell, STAT’s infectious disease reporter, has been writing about H5N1 bird flu for 20 years. If you’re aware of the H5N1 bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cattle — you may have seen ...

In the past 30 days, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) has confirmed the presence of HPAI (H5N1) in 12 dairy herds in three states. Access the ...