With egg prices spiking due to bird flu, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced steps last week to control the H5N1 virus, such as increasing financial relief for farmers with affected ...

The highly pathogenic H5N1 virus was devastating a flock of chickens on a highly secure farm, home of a breeding program that produced hybrid birds with specially colored feathers and eggs.

As H5N1 bird flu continues to tighten its grip ... letting nature do this experiment,” Dr. Lakdawala said. Dr. Sander Herfst, who worked on the December ferret study, found that a few mutations ...

Researchers have found that acidification can kill H5N1 in waste milk, providing dairy farmers an affordable, easy-to-use alternative to pasteurization. Pasteurization is the only widely ...

Rats in Riverside County are the latest mammal species to be infected with H5N1 bird flu Identification of virus in rats raises concerns about potential infection pathways to people and their pets ...

Pasteurization is the only widely recognized method of killing H5N1, the virus that causes bird flu, in milk. However, pasteurization can be expensive and fewer than 50% of large dairy farms ...

A genotype of the H5N1 avian influenza virus was found in milk, according to officials with the Arizona Department of Agriculture. The virus was found in milk produced by a daird herd in Maricopa ...

A woman in Wyoming has been hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu Health officials say she was likely infected via handling sick birds in a backyard flock The woman is “an older adult” with “other ...

The H5N1 virus is responsible for a worldwide avian flu pandemic in chickens. The virus has been determined to be a subtype of the influenza A virus and was first observed in China in 1996. Since ...

CLOVIS, NM (NEWS RELEASE) – Recently there was a cat with Avian Influenza A (H5N1) found in Clovis. Animal Control picked up the cat and observed several symptoms, which prompted further testing. The ...

PHAC said it had secured the initial supply of GSK's Arepanrix H5N1 A/America vaccine by leveraging an existing agreement. "While the current risk to the public remains low, individuals with ...