The bird flu that's been killing flocks of wild birds and causing outbreaks in poultry and dairy cows across the United States has another unlikely victim: house cats. More than 140 domestic cats in ...

Bird flu hits cats particularly hard. Just last week an infected cat was euthanized in California after eating raw pet food. But a University of Maryland-led study out today in One Health shows ...

LOS ANGELES — Since the avian flu arrived en force in California's dairy industry in 2024, not only has it sickened cows, it has killed hundreds of domestic cats. Some pet cats that live on dairy ...

A new study of avian flu in cats, led by the University of Maryland, focused on a discovery by veterinarian Dr. Jake Gomez, who treated four infected cats at Cross Street Small Animal Veterinary ...

Galveston County health officials are warning the public not to touch dead birds after cases of avian influenza were ...

Dairy and poultry workers, many of them immigrants, have been disproportionately infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus and their cooperation would be crucial should another outbreak occur. Bird flu ...

MADISON – Wisconsin has experienced several outbreaks of avian influenza this fall as wild birds have begun their migration out of the state for the winter. The virus is highly contagious for birds, ...

A second U.S. resident has died from the bird flu. The Washington Department of Health reported that the Grays Harbor County resident was an older person who had a backyard flock of mixed domestic ...

Next week, a major vaccine manufacturer plans to start producing a shot that is designed to protect people against bird flu -- even though it's far from clear that a human vaccine developed now will ...

More than 140 domestic cats in the country have been infected with bird flu since 2022. While the likelihood of your cat getting bird flu is rare, the recent increase in cats who've contracted the ...