By 1957, scientists had a significantly more sophisticated understanding of influenza, worrying them that a pandemic similar ...

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Bird flu appeared in a Texas dairy farm in March 2024. Havoc has followed on farms and in grocery stores and concerns mount for human health.

The egg market has been hit hard by avian flu, but wings are abundant and relatively affordable this year. So what gives?

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the state is temporarily shutting down all live bird markets in New York City and ...

Greg Herbruck knew 6.5 million of his birds needed to die, and fast. But the CEO of Herbruck’s Poultry Ranch wasn’t sure how ...

Where has bird flu been reported in Illinois? Are my pets at risk? Should I still be eating eggs? Here’s what to know about the avian flu outbreak.

Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst has hailed Elon Musk and the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency as a necessary force in Washington, D.C., calling it “a ...

Tools used to contain previous bird flu outbreaks aren’t working this time, experts say. Since March, the virus has sickened at least 67 people in the U.S. and killed one, with egg producers begging ...

While the risk to humans of exposure from cows or milk remains low, this new flu spillover from birds into cows raises the need for continued surveillance.

U.S. dodged a bird flu pandemic in 1957 thanks to eggs and dumb luck – with a new strain spreading fast, will Americans get ...