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

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

Bird flu can be transmitted from birds to humans if they come in close contact with infected animals. According to experts, infected birds shed flu viruses in their saliva, mucous, and feces.

The union representing workers at a UC Davis lab key to California's efforts to test and track bird flu infections in ...

Arizona’s largest egg producer has lost 95 percent of its chickens due to the bird flu, signaling a potential price increase for eggs. On Monday, the Arizona Department of Agriculture announced a ...

Animal diseases are increasingly jumping across species barriers, with outbreaks of bird flu in mammals more than doubling in ...

Brazil has declared itself free from bird flu after no new cases emerged in commercial farms since the first outbreak in May, paving the way for a return to international markets for the world’s ...