As summer approaches, infectious diseases such as H5N1 — commonly known as bird flu — can spread more easily and potentially ...

DENVER — A growing bird flu outbreak among dairy cows in the United States has been confirmed in Colorado for the first time, state officials said Friday. The outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian ...

Summer is almost synonymous with state and county fairs — a time to enjoy the best food and agriculture your state has to offer — and interacting with cows, chickens, goats and other animals is a big ...

New research shows potential for H5N1 avian influenza to infect and spread within the mammary glands of pigs, sheep, goats, beef cattle, alpacas and humans. When bird flu spilled over into dairy ...

Holstein heifers are loaded into trucks at a dairy in Oregon on Jan. 21, 2011. Dairy cattle moving between states must be tested for the bird flu virus, U.S. agriculture officials said Wednesday, ...

Avian or bird flu (H5N1) is a viral infection that spreads in birds, cows and other animals and can cause severe illness and at times, be fatal to humans in rare cases. Until now, the flu primarily ...

Federal authorities on Friday pledged nearly $200 million in an attempt to control the spread of bird flu on dairy farms. Some of that money would go directly to farms to help them reduce the spread ...

A case report published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this week has confirmed something experts ...

A first-of-its-kind trial has been launched to test a new vaccine for bird flu in humans. Thousands of people in the UK are expected to be recruited for the study, with poultry farmers or those who ...

H5N1 strains have been circulating among wild and domestic birds in the U.S. since 2021. In 2024, it began to cause outbreaks in dairy cows. It also became apparent that cats could catch H5N1 from ...