As the bird flu virus moved into cows and people, sluggish federal action, deference to industry and neglect for worker ...

Scientists say that, like pigs, they are a ‘mixing vessel’ that could enable H5N1 bird flu to mutate and spread to humans ...

Health officials said the first "severe" case of the H5N1 virus was reported in a human this week, with the person being ...

Keith Poulsen’s jaw dropped when farmers showed him images on their cellphones at the World Dairy Expo in Wisconsin in ...

The H5N1 strains are becoming more concerning as the first severe U.S. case has been detected and California declared a state ...

For influenza viruses, imperfection is a strength. They constantly mutate, producing new strains that challenge immune ...

A Californian recently became the first child in the U.S. to be infected. It looks like a matter of when, not if, this will ...

Research in China has raised concerns that the world could be on the brink of another pandemic as bird flu cases surface ...

Swine Flu' Strain Has Passed from Humans to Swine Nearly 400 Times Since 2009 July 27, 2023 — A new study of the strain of influenza A responsible for the 2009 H1N1 pandemic -- pdm09 -- shows ...

We call them farms but the great bulk of food producing businesses in the west are better described as agricultural ...

There is no broad consensus among experts on whether COVID should continue to be declared as a pandemic, but some say it's ...

Pigs pose a particular risk of incubating new viruses, but cats, too, pose a similar risk because of their proximity to ...