Vaccines could be a key means of suppressing bird flu and avoiding the slaughter of millions of chickens, which is blamed for ...

Bird flu, or H5N1 avian influenza, has been circulating across North America since 2022, infecting birds, livestock, wildlife ...

Avian influenza is not new,” said Mark Stetter, dean of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. “But what is new is this ...

With record high egg prices, should the U.S. vaccinate chickens against bird flu? Any such program would be expensive and ...

With egg prices soaring, the US is considering vaccinating laying chickens, which have been hit particularly hard by the ...

Another chicken flock tests positive for bird flu in Mississippi. What are the risks? How do I know if I have it? What you ...

More than 166 million birds have been slaughtered to contain the virus ... cost in the summer of 2023. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey ...

Scientists say migratory flocks, especially of wetland birds, have been responsible for helping to spread the virus. U.S. and Canadian officials tracked the arrival of this outbreak to gulls in ...

Industry leaders agreed that vaccination was essential, particularly after the devastating losses experienced from outbreaks ...

(AP) — Egg producers blame the bird flu ... anytime the virus is found on a farm. As a result, the number of egg layers has dropped nationwide by about 12% from before the outbreak to 292 ...