First come the horseshoe crabs. Hoisting their round, tank-like shells, they trundle out of the Delaware Bay under the first ...
We are currently witnessing the growing spread of H5N1 avian flu across the globe. Here in the United States, the USDA Animal ...
When, where and how the H5N1 bird flu virus may evolve and its capacity to spark a pandemic is hard to predict — in part, ...
Avian influenza has spread far beyond the nation's birds, infecting all manner of creatures from zoo animals, wild mammals, ...
More than 70 percent of California’s dairy cow herds are infected with bird flu. Here’s what to know - Nearly 70 people have ...
On Dec. 18, California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency due to the outbreak of avian flu in dairy cows across the state. That same day, the Centers for Disease Control and ...
Bird flu, also called avian influenza, is a viral infection that can cause flu in birds and sometimes spread to mammals, including humans. Migrating waterfowl (wild ducks, geese, and storks ...
Since October 2021, H5N1 bird flu has ravaged the wild bird population, killing more than 117,000 wild birds across 315 species and 79 countries. Marine mammals have also been devastated by ...
Between 2021 and 2023, the UK experienced its largest ever bird flu outbreak due to the H5N1 strain. It killed 3.8 million birds and the virus became widespread in wild bird populations.