Zoetis initially got a contract to create a bird flu vaccine for chickens from the USDA’s National Veterinary Stockpile in 2016. As with a human flu vaccine, the company has had to keep updating ...

Birds breathe in dangerous plastics -- and so do we A study finds high levels of microplastics in bird lungs, raising alarms about the pollution humans inhale daily Date: February 27, 2025 Source: ...

For more than a century, scientists believed that a fossil of a winged dinosaur from the Jurassic Period discovered 160 years ago in Germany represented the earliest birds. Now, researchers have ...

So the places where fresh water is available, such as the lake in Sandgerði, attract a lot of birds. Our project is to screen for strains of avian influenza (bird flu) to study how they spread.

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced a $1bn (£792m) plan to help US farmers combat a raging bird flu epidemic that has required them to kill millions of chickens and pushed the ...

Rats have become the latest addition to the menagerie of animals infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service reported ...

The Next Flu Pandemic Could Be Worse Than Covid If We Don't Heed History COVID and the 1918 flu pandemic gave us playbooks on how to prepare for the next pandemic. But we aren’t using it.

Here’s how it works. We’ve gone to great lengths to test the best bird-feeder cameras. To help you find the best solution for watching and tracking the winged creatures that visit your garden ...

Some commenters stated they did not want their rates spent on Māori, but Tepania said past Matariki-Puanga events in the Far North had been enjoyed by large numbers of people from all cultural ...

The walkway offers potential to be lit during Puanga and tell this significant story. It also serves as a platform to view Ranganui and the rising Puanga star. The area is likely to be a major ...

Two people walk last month across Federal Plaza, outside the Kluczynski Federal Building. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Share In its drive to sharply cut spending and shrink government, the ...