A study published in the journal Science finds that bird flu viruses can resist fever-like temperatures in mice -- allowing ...

Iowa researchers found flu receptors in mammary glands of multiple farm animals and humans, suggesting H5N1 could spread via ...

Staff at the World Bird Sanctuary's raptor hospital hand-feed patient #72, a red-shouldered hawk who was brought in with punctures on its legs from a suspected fight with another bird. Birds in the ...

WILLMAR, Minn. — After another difficult year of highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks in the upper Midwest, an avian health expert says the industry remains in the woods concerning attempts to ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at avian flu. Avian influenza, also called avian flu or bird flu, is an illness that usually affects only birds. There are many different strains of avian flu: 16 H subtypes and ...

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, according ...

Health experts warn of another potential pandemic due to the H5N1 avian flu. The virus, impacting birds and mammals, has spread across the U.S. and resulted in significant poultry losses. The avian ...

The avian flu is devastating marine mammal populations. A new survey finds that nearly half of breeding females in the world's largest population of southern elephant seals were killed by the virus.

An avian flu vaccine contract with Moderna may be suspended, pending review of the contract by the current administration, according to a recent Reuters news story. The vaccine contract was awarded to ...

Indoor-only cats are contracting H5N1, challenging the assumption that only outdoor hunters are at risk. Raw pet food and unpasteurized milk have been identified as significant vectors for viral ...