While the risk to humans of exposure from cows or milk remains low, this new flu spillover from birds into cows raises the need for continued surveillance.

UC San Francisco's Rais Vohra, MD, explains recent increase in reported virus infections and the risks of consuming raw cow’s milk.

The bird flu is caused by influenza type A viruses, which can spread to humans, although there is minimal risk to the general ...

Bird flu, also known as H5N1, continues to spread among U.S. livestock, driving up egg prices and worrying public health ...

Avian influenza, also known as bird flu, has been detected in Canada geese in Jefferson County — now one of 10 Kentucky ...

A new variant of H5N1 bird flu, known as D1.1, has been detected in dairy cattle in Nevada. This marks the first time this ...

A variant of the H5N1 bird flu has now infected dairy cattle in Nevada, according to reports from the United States ...

The detection indicates that distinct forms of the virus known as Type A H5N1 have spilled over from wild birds into cattle ...

At least four cattle herds in Nevada have tested positive for a strain of H5N1 bird flu never before seen in cows, state agriculture officials confirmed Wednesday, and respiratory symptoms like ...

This story first appeared in The Record North Shore, an independent nonprofit newsroom that covers six suburbs north of Evanston. More than ...

Six dairy herds in Nevada have tested positive for a newer variant of the H5N1 bird flu virus that’s been associated with ...