During the eating process, many birds will scatter seed or hulls onto the ground underneath the feeder, which could be contaminated if the bird has a disease. Birds will also defecate in this same ...

Since it was first detected in the U.S. in 2014, H5N1 avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, has jumped from wild birds ...

Prior seasonal influenza virus immunity did not impair antibody responses or protection conferred by the intranasal H5N1 vaccine.

A new nasal spray vaccine could stop bird flu at the door — blocking infection, reducing spread, and helping head off the next pandemic.

Researchers at WashU Medicine have developed a nasal vaccine against the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus, or bird flu, which has jumped from wild birds to livestock to humans. When tested ...

A new study shows that bird flu has silently spread from animals to some veterinarians. The study published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention echoes two smaller ones that ...

Bird flu (avian influenza) has been confirmed in Darbhanga, Bihar, after thousands of crows died, triggering high alert.

AMES, Iowa – Diseases may spread faster in birds that visit bird feeders frequently, according to new research from an Iowa State University ecologist. A study of house finches in Virginia found that ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced Thursday that it had five preliminary positive cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, in Suffolk County.

A fatal highly pathogenic avian influenza infection in a domestic cat linked to wildlife, and a separate backyard poultry detection, point to ongoing spillover risks for animals sharing outdoor ...

A new study published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the H5N1 bird flu virus is likely circulating undetected in livestock in many parts of the country and may be ...