Scientists were slow to recognize that Covid spreads through the air. Some are now trying to get ahead of the bird flu. By Carl Zimmer Carl Zimmer has reported on pandemics since 2009 and is the ...

Now, Crescent Duck Farm is the only one left. It produced a million ducks a year, until two weeks ago, when bird flu shut the farm down. Corwin said, "I saw a flock one day that was great ...

As cases of H5N1, also known as avian flu or bird flu, continue to surface across the U.S., safety precautions are ramping up. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced ...

Bird flu risk is low for people and there are no identified New York state human cases, but people should avoid direct contact with wild, sick or dead birds and not consume raw, unpasteurized milk ...

LOWCOUNTRY, S.C. (WCIV) — The Lowcountry Food Bank has announced that two new members will be joining their ranks as members of their Board of Directors. Mavis Huger and Dan Bailey will be ...

Bird flu has hit the zoo. Over a dozen ducks and wild birds at the Queens and Bronx zoos have died, likely all due to the avian flu sweeping the country. Three ducks at the Queens Zoo died after ...

The strain had previously been found only in birds and people. Most bird flu infections in dairy cattle in the US have been the B3.13 variant, or what’s become known as the “cattle clade.” ...

A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today ...

While the bird flu moves through poultry farms across the country, it’s effects extend beyond the cost of eggs on grocery store shelves. Reports of dead birds washing up on Lake Michigan and Cape ...

Symptoms of H5N1 bird flu infection in humans may include pink eye, fever, fatigue, cough, muscle aches, sore throat, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, stuffy or runny nose and shortness of breath ...

For the last four years, the H5N1 virus, also known as bird flu, has been ravaging wild bird populations, spilling over into other species and infecting poultry and dairy cows. At least 67 human ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCSC) - The long stretch of salt marshes you see driving over Lowcountry bridges serve many purposes for the ecosystem, but their treatment is often overlooked. The South ...