Cumberland Council has reiterated the advice recently issued by DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) after a ‘marked increase’ in cases of avian influenza (AI ...

What's the difference between influenza A and influenza B? Bird flu, or avian influenza, is caused by influenza A viruses. Flu viruses that infect humans and birds are both categorized by their H ...

JANESVILLE, Wis. –– MacFarlane Pheasants Inc. has been recovering from a tornado back in June and has been taking preventative actions against the spread of avian flu. When a tornado tore ...

The research comes at a crucial time as the United States continues to battle a widespread outbreak of bird flu, a strain of H5N1 influenza that has affected more than 100 million birds and spread ...

Experts warn that these facilities, including those on Long Island and in New York City, provide the perfect conditions for the rapid spread of avian influenza, creating a potential public health ...

"This is how pandemics start." This bird flu, which scientists call highly pathogenic avian influenza, or H5N1, is already at panzootic—animal pandemic—status, killing birds in every continent ...

Researchers have created an H5N1 avian influenza, or bird flu, vaccine that can be administered as a nasal spray. The influenza virus vector-based nasal spray vaccine platform was first developed ...

"Since avian flu has impacted a wide array of animals, we believe any biosecurity and vaccine measures, including discussions with foreign trading partners, offered by the Department should be ...

Few crises illustrate this more starkly than highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), a relentless virus that is spreading across borders, devastating poultry farms, and raising urgent questions ...