The Latest Breaking News from Bird Flu

The number of infected dairy herds in California jumped up again on Monday as the outbreak continues

Rate of dairy workers with antibodies to bird flu significantly higher than known cases of virus

A teenager from British Columbia tested positive for the H5 avian flu; health authorities investigating.

Exclusive: Animal advocates condemn culling method used in response to bird flu outbreak

Rising H5N1 bird flu cases in the U.S. prompted the CDC to study the virus in ferrets, revealing it may have the potential to spread and cause severe symptoms in other mammals.

Some experts say mass human-to-human transmission of this strain of bird flu is only a matter of time.

Federal health officials are calling for more testing and treatment of workers on farms with bird flu

Defra says avian influenza confirmed at business in Hornsea, with a protection zone put in place around farm

The outbreak in Yorkshire is the first case of the H5N5 strain in non-wild birds in England.

The United States Department of Agriculture last week reported that a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon was infected with bird flu.

H5N1 influenza has now been detected in pigs. This was something virologists had been worrying about ever since this highly pathogenic strain of bird flu started its rapid global spread in 2020. But why were we worrying specifically about pigs? And does this case – detected on a farm in…