Despite pleas from pigeon fanciers, the EU isn’t loosening its grip on avian flu rules just yet, keeping racing pigeons ...

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

Ken Keffer, co-owner of the Wild Birds Unlimited Store in Bloomington, Indiana, says, “Avian flu isn’t new. Avian influenzas were first identified in Europe in the 1870s.

Avian Influenza H5N1 is again circulating in susceptible wild birds in California during fall migration. California sits at the epicenter of the Pacific Flyway, one of North America’s major ...

While bird flu has been around for decades, the discovery in 2024 that the deadly pathogen spread from a wild bird to a cow came as a surprise to virus watchers, according to news officials.In ...

More than 90 wild birds in Maine have tested positive for bird flu since 2024, according to federal statistics. Maine has moved its risk factor for animals from “moderate” to “high” this ...

Purdue University researchers now have developed an innovative, paper-based diagnostic test for rapidly detecting avian ...

H5N1 bird flu, prevalent in U.S. wild birds, ... Some experts have raised alarms about the potential for another pandemic as numbers of H5N1 avian influenza infections rise in animals and humans.

Captive birds and poultry can be kept outside again in parts of Dorset after the government lifted bird flu restrictions. A 3km (two-mile) "captive bird (monitoring) controlled zone" was imposed on 18 ...

Even though the 2024-2025 migratory bird season is winding down, concerns about highly pathogenic avian influenza — commonly known as bird flu — remain. The public is paying attention. Consumers are ...

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