USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced a $1 Billion plan stop the spread of bird flu, protect the U.S. poultry industry, and ...

The ongoing bird flu outbreak has led to wild bird deaths, slaughtered livestock, and hazardous conditions for dairy industry ...

Five years after the pandemic began, many local health officials say that the politicization of Covid has left them with ...

Enter wastewater surveillance — a tool public health officials used during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to monitor the virus' spread. But new research led by Oregon State University shows that ...

Bird flu can spread through direct contact with contaminated ... could make it more equipped to infect humans, but we have some tools to combat it. "With H5N1, we know we have drugs that will ...

The state’s 2024-2025 influenza season is the worst since Oregon Health Authority began tracking the virus 15 years ago, with ...

The flu shot is a crucial tool in keeping our kids safe during flu season. As I am sure you can imagine, five kids keep me busy! We are always running around from one activity to another ...

As commercial bird flocks continue to be plagued with H5N1, some farmers are starting to use this unusual tool to help keep their birds healthy: lasers. WCCO's John Lauritsen has the story.

A new biosensor from Washington University detects airborne H5N1 in five minutes, offering a faster, more effective tool for ...

The pandemic served as a boot camp for Rhode Island public health officials and infectious diseases doctors, preparing them ...

Since 2021, experts have seen bird flu — also called H5N1 influenza or highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) — spreading "fairly quickly" across the wild and domestic bird populations and, now, ...