In March 2024, when the first cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza were identified in dairy cows in Texas, Cornell researchers—led by Diego Diel, associate professor of virology in the College ...

Penguins line the shore in South Georgia, Antarctica. A team of Chilean scientists has sequenced the first complete genomes of the H5N1 avian influenza virus found in birds in Antarctica. File Photo ...

Wildlife officials are advising waterfowl hunters to take precautions against contact with avian flu, and also to be careful ...

The detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza, HPAI, subtype H5N1 in dairy cattle was confirmed in March 2024 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA. This finding was the first of its kind ...

Health experts warn of another potential pandemic due to the H5N1 avian flu. The virus, impacting birds and mammals, has spread across the U.S. and resulted in significant poultry losses. The avian ...

Avian flu has recently been confirmed at commercial turkey farms in North Dakota and South Dakota. (Scott Bauer/Agriculture Research Service, USDA) Avian flu has hit turkey farms in North Dakota and ...

The avian flu case was confirmed in Redwood County on a tom turkey farm on Tuesday, Sept. 16. It follows new cases in South Dakota and North Dakota over the past two weeks. Highly pathogenic avian ...

HELENA, Mont. — The Montana Department of Livestock announced a domestic flock was confirmed to have Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza on Sept. 10 in north central Montana. Officials say this is the ...

Healthy elephant seals rest on a beach in Argentina. (Valeria Falabella - WCS Argentina) It may take 100 years for the southern elephant seal colony of Península Valdés in Argentine Patagonia to look ...

This time of year, new cases of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) begin to emerge due to the high numbers of migratory waterfowl that pass through or congregate in North Carolina. According ...

WEST FARGO, N.D. — Avian influenza activity has started to ramp up in North Dakota and South Dakota over recent weeks. Health experts in North Dakota are hoping to keep the public informed on what ...

Fears about avian influenza have moved faster than pasture-raised hens in search of the juiciest worms. The outbreak has been blamed for high egg prices and supply shortages while also raising ...