The virus' jump to other types of mammals comes as the Trump White House has slashed jobs and budgets at the Centers for ...

Any evidence of a bird virus jumping readily into mammals is a worry, as it could indicate that mutations that allow for ...

With its continued spread and mutations, veterinarians and virologists interviewed warn this outbreak could become a new pandemic.

H5N1 bird flu has infected over 1,009 cattle across 17 U.S. states, affected poultry in New York and New Mexico, and caused one human death in Louisiana.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has discovered avian flu in several species of mammals, including skunks, foxes and ...

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.

Mild forms of bird flu are common in wild and domestic ... So far this winter, it’s been detected in a long-tailed weasel, raccoon, harbor seal, and bobcat. If H5N1 continues to proliferate among wild ...

At such a critical moment in US history ... that a strategy could be to let bird flu spread across farms. His remarks came shortly before H7N9 bird flu was detected for the first time in the ...

March marked one year since officials first reported Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza — H5N1 — among dairy cattle. Since then, bird flu has infected ... New Mexico State Veterinarian Samantha ...