HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins have expressed interest in letting H5N1 ...

Bird flu continues to spread quickly through the U.S. farm system because that system is inherently a viral playground.

New research uses bird droppings to track avian flu in remote regions, revealing hidden hotspots and potential for early ...

The virus has not yet evolved to spread efficiently between people. Excellent vaccine technology exists, but the government ...

Amidst an ongoing outbreak of a deadly bird flu virus in livestock, the US Department of Agriculture is doing more to prevent ...

The National Biodefense Plan, which Panjabi oversaw, was launched in 2022 with the goal of providing enough vaccines for all at-risk populations within four months of a pandemic’s start. If bird ...

A 36-year-old woman, admitted to intensive care, is the latest in a string of new infections in the last 10 days ...

A fox scavenges a dead raven on Niven Lake Trail on June 11. There's been an increase in reports of dead ravens in ...

Biosafety level (BSL)-3 facilities exist in a diffuse regulatory environment, where requirements depend on factors such as the kinds of pathogens under study, the type of research being conducted, and ...

Both swine and avian influenza are strains of influenza A. Just as swine flu strains tend to infect pigs, avian flu strains ...

A hospital in Bristol has become a designated treatment centre for patients who catch dangerous airborne infectious diseases ...

Colorado has enhanced pandemic readiness with new public health technologies and staff following lessons from COVID-19.