Kleptoparasitism, in which a bird harasses another to steal its food, might introduce avian flu to the continent, currently ...

The H5N1 virus, initially restricted to Eurasia and Africa, has since spread to North and South America and even reached ...

If seabirds can catch avian flu by stealing food from infectious birds, it gives scientists a clue where to monitor for outbreaks among these vulnerable birds.

A patient in Missouri who was hospitalized after an infection with bird flu had the H5N1 strain of the virus, the US Centers ...

A study out of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) has found that high-pathogenicity avian influenza virus (HPAIV) H5N1 ...

The emergence of new transmission pathways for avian influenza is a growing concern. A recent study conducted in a colony of ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza has made its way through dairy herds across the country and is found in raw milk.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to embark on a year-long study beginning next month that will test samples for ...

A deadly strain of avian influenza may be spread by the food-stealing behavior of some seabirds Australian scientists said in a study published on Tu ...

Bird flu typically spreads among birds, but there have been recent outbreaks among cattle in the U.S., and one Texas man ...

Bird flu has hampered milk output in at least 13 other states, with 17 cases reported in the last 30 days. USDA has ...

How the virus got into dairy cow populations remains undetermined, but it was likely by migratory waterfowl infected with the ...