A small but growing number of house cats have gotten sick from H5N1, the bird flu strain driving the current U.S. outbreak.

Pet owners must take "proper precautions to reduce the risk of spread," said Dr. Susan Nelson, a veterinarian and professor.

Within 24 to 48 hours of the first detection of the virus, state and federal animal health officials work with farms to cull ...

Bird flu appeared in a Texas dairy farm in March 2024. Havoc has followed on farms and in grocery stores and concerns mount ...

A dairy worker in Nevada has reportedly been infected by the killer variant of H5N1 bird flu; analysis shows changes in new ...

The newer variant of avian influenza that recently infected dairy cattle in Nevada has a genetic change that’s thought to ...

More than 156 million chickens, ducks, turkeys and other fowl have been slaughtered across the United States since the ...

Are people at risk for bird flu? How can I protect myself? Bird flu’s risk for the general public is still low, with no signs ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the state is temporarily shutting down all live bird markets in New York City and ...

It was bird poop. Everyone had finished their supply of drinking water, and no one had hand sanitizer in their backpack. Two ...

At least four cattle herds in Nevada have tested positive for a strain of H5N1 bird flu never before seen in cows, state ...

A version of the avian influenza virus different from the one rampaging through herds since last spring has been detected in ...