Researchers at Texas Biomedical Research Institute have developed a new, proof-of-concept vaccine to protect people from the bird flu strain currently circulating in the United States. The team, led ...

Expert says H5N1 has the potential to spur a major epidemic if its circulation among poultry, cattle and humans is not ...

Human mammary glands contain sugars that avian influenza can latch onto to infect cells, researchers report August 8 at medRxiv.org. The finding, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, raises the ...

Studies suggest that people who had seasonal flus or vaccinations have low antibody levels against H5N1 bird flu.

Dairies say the USDA relief money helped them sustain operations as bird flu decimated milk production, but critics say the ...

Bird flu is usually associated with the winter and migratory birds, but seabirds were very badly hit in 2022 and researchers say the H5N1 virus is again affecting them. A consortium of UK scientific ...

The H5N1 bird flu outbreak has severely impacted the US dairy industry, causing significant milk production losses and ...

The bird flu was first detected in dairy cattle in March 2024 and has since spread to 17 states. The largest presence of the virus has been in California dairy farms, with 767 herds testing ...

Bird flu outbreaks have been confirmed in Udham Singh Nagar and Bageshwar, prompting immediate containment measures. In Udham ...

By Ana Mano and Roberto Samora SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian chicken exports are expected to fall as much as 2% to 5.2 ...

Growers are battling to overcome practical issues with peat free compost, particularly where salad crops are concerned. We visit field trials where tomatoes and lettuce are being grown without peat.

Meanwhile, the state health department has been instructed to submit a report on preventing the spread of H5 Avian Influenza ...