In an abundance of caution, the CDC last week advised hospitals and labs to do faster flu testing to help identify possible bird flu cases hiding in the flock of rising flu diagnoses.

A number of bird flu cases have been reported in the Chicago area in recent weeks, leading to many questions about how quickly the virus is spreading and how worried residents should be.

Georgia's poultry industry faces its first case of bird flu at a commercial site since the 2022 outbreak. The Georgia ...

Bird flu has wreaked havoc on the egg market. In November and December alone, 17.2 million egg-laying hens died as a result ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is urging health care workers to accelerate bird flu testing for ...

Learn about the CDC's new measures for clinicians, including prompt testing for bird flu and antiviral treatment, to respond to the outbreak.

President Joe Biden's outgoing administration on Thursday announced $211 million in new funding to develop mRNA vaccines ...

People hospitalized for flu should be tested for bird flu within 24 hours, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

The Free Press interviewed Dr. Kimberly Dodd, the dean of the MSU College of Veterinary Medicine, about efforts to tame the ...

A researcher at Brigham and Women’s Hospital said the bird flu virus needs to be taken seriously so it doesn’t become the ...

Efforts to address the rising threat of bird strikes have intensified following last December’s plane crash in South Korea ...

Citing International Air Transport Agency data from January 2023 to October 2024, he said HSIA recorded 1.73 bird strikes per 1,000 flights, compared to 0.5 at other international airports.