You may have encountered the term “bird flu” increasingly online and in the media. It refers to a highly pathogenic avian ...

The developing avian influenza panzootic and the growing possibility of a pandemic bring to the fore the existential ...

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Egg prices are unlikely to fall until a stubborn bout of bird flu can be eradicated, according to the CEO of Arizona's ...

But they’re also watching another virus this winter: H5N1 avian influenza, or bird flu. U.S. health agencies say that the virus currently poses a low risk to the general public, even though it ...

A child is home and recovering after a possible case of bird flu in Alameda County, California, according to the California ...