The shift reflects the current public health situation, marked by declines in human cases as well as animal detections.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced it is streamlining its H5N1 highly pathogenic avian ...

Avian flu is not just for the birds; cases have been reported in the United States in dairy cows, as well as types of cats, a fox, a seal, and most recently, rats and domestic indoor cats ...

Trump Administration Shifts Strategy on Avian Flu Spearheaded by National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett and USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins, ... (APHIS) for HPAI response efforts.

Prior to this, nearly a month had passed without any new instances of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a U.S. commercial ...

USDA Responds to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Dairy Cattle. USDA’s first actions toward eradicating HPAI in livestock, announced on April 24, included a federal order for mandatory testing of ...

On Friday, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) identified the first case of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI ...

The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed a Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) case in an Oklahoma dairy herd. According to the Oklahoma Department of ...

Zoetis was granted a conditional license for its avian influenza vaccine for use in chickens. It's a step closer to fighting the bird flu outbreaks that continue to devastate flocks.

More than 150 million birds in the U.S. have been affected by highly pathogenic avian influenza since February 2022, according to the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).

Avian influenza does not affect poultry meat or egg products when properly cooked, the agency said. HPAI also is considered low risk to human health, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.