The combination of their laugh-like call, expressive face, and fearless behavior towards humans makes the Laughing Kookaburra a uniquely entertaining bird, capable of bringing joy and laughter to ...

The H5N1 virus has been devastating bird populations, and is now infecting mammals too. Is human-to-human transmission next?

One reason the outbreak went undetected for so long is that people thought it was unlikely that the virus would jump into ...

While the bird flu virus risk to the general public is still very low, the threat is more significant for farm workers in ...

They include wearing a face mask and seeking medical ... virus that normally infects chickens (or other birds) may cross the road over to the human side. As a result, it’s not a question as ...

A dairy worker in Texas who was diagnosed with bird flu experienced painful bleeding in both of his eyes, a disturbing new ...

In the United States, poultry and dairy cows are suffering from outbreaks of H5N1 bird flu, according to the CDC.

Farmworkers have been exposed to milk infected with the bird flu virus. But there has been virtually no testing on farms, and ...

Amid growing concern over the widespread outbreak of avian influenza among U.S. dairy cattle, the monitoring of farmworkers ...

The payment system amounted to one of the most forceful actions taken so far by agriculture officials who have raced to keep ...

Connecticut is more prepared to address bird flu than it was for COVID-19, experts say. But questions still remain about ...

While bird flu viruses don’t typically infect people, human infections have occurred. According to a World Health Organization report, 888 cases of human infection with H5N1 have been reported ...