When highly pathogenic bird flu turns up in dairy cattle, you feel it in the pit of your stomach, not just at the farm gate but at the grocery cooler. Federal and state officials say that is exactly ...

Nationwide, more than 1,000 H5N1 infections in dairy cattle have been confirmed across 19 states, according to USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. However, Wisconsin officials believe ...

The genetic sequencing of the bird flu virus detected in a Dodge County dairy herd earlier this month indicates it was a new spillover event from wildlife.

Health officials are making a renewed call for vigilance against bird flu, but some experts are puzzling over why reports of new human cases have stopped. Has the search for cases been weakened by ...

The H5N1 avian influenza virus—commonly known as bird flu—has been causing outbreaks in dairy cows in the United States since March 2024. Now, scientists studying the adaptation of the avian H5N1 ...

Lima, Peru — Bats have become the latest mammals susceptible to H5N1, the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus responsible for bird flu. In Peru, over a dozen vampire bats have been found carrying ...