In the past week the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Inspection Service (APHIS) has tracked nine new ...

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Virologists across the globe are raising alarms over the spread of the H5N1 virus. What to know.

Well-trained students and scientists are the boots on the beach collecting the samples and observations needed to help a ...

Experts are closely monitoring the marine animals, flagging mortalities and advising beach visitors to take extra precautions ...

Health officials in the United States confirmed a human case of bird flu with a rare strain, H5N5, that had previously only been reported in animals and never in a human. The patient is an older adult ...

A fast-moving bird flu outbreak is devastating marine mammals, with massive losses reported across South America’s coasts.

On November 13, Spain's Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food imposed the confinement of all free-range poultry farms to curb the spread of avian influenza—more commonly known as "bird ...

Are seasonal flu antibodies also effective against avian flu? A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has shown that a specific type of antibody associated with the former virus - already present ...