Is bird flu actually a threat to your cat? Bird flu can spread to cats and other domestic pets through a variety of ways, ...

Gain-of-function experiments are ingrained in the scientific process. In many instances, the benefits that stem from gain-of-function experiments are not immediately clear. Only decades later does the ...

Cities can do more. They can support public or cooperative wholesale centers that pool purchasing power for small stores.

Prolonged contact with pigeon droppings or feathers can impact the respiratory system, and in extreme cases, result in severe, long-term health complications.

The H5N1 avian flu is circulating in cows and other mammals. Whether it will make a permanent leap to humans is another ...

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

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has ended its emergency response to the H5N1 avian flu. A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said that the ...

Influenza viruses are shifty entities. A seemingly ingenious and sneaky way for viruses to make these leaps is by swapping genetic material with other flu strains. Called reassortment, this ...

To understand HHS’s response, Krishnamoorthi and the Subcommittee have asked all relevant documentation and communication on the bird flu outbreak by June 25.

The CDC is reporting that H5N1 bird flu cases in animals have declined, and there haven't been any new human infections since February.

The risk to the general public was low. Bird flu was detected in milk produced by a dairy herd in Maricopa County, according to the Arizona Department of Agriculture.

The virus has not yet evolved to spread efficiently between people. Excellent vaccine technology exists, but the government has just withdrawn funding for the development of a bird flu vaccine. Every ...