Migratory birds are getting a bad rap right now, as avian influenza cases multiply and appear in new species. “The reason ...

Headlines are flying after the Department of Agriculture confirmed that the H5N1 bird flu virus has infected dairy cows ...

Cows have the same kinds of gateways into their cells as humans and birds, a new study shows. The finding suggests that cows ...

"It doesn't get us any farther down the road." Johnson said such tests put scientists in a better position to track changes ...

As a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza spreads through the nation’s farms, local scientists are racing to answer that key question.

It likely began earlier than that and was not detected because we don’t do thorough surveillance. In the U.S., only ... they had sick cows.” She also reported infections in people with no ...

The results immediately raised concerns about the safety of the U.S.' milk supply and the risk of infection for people ... flu is milder in cows than in birds, in whom it can be fatal. "We've ...

Bird flu seems to ... the infected cows were exposed to infected birds and their feces. That’s the most likely explanation.” And that should offer some reassurance to us: “In most cases ...

Researchers examining the virus’s genomes suggest it originally spilled over from birds into cows ... “We should be spending on prevention,” Pitesky said. Q: OK it’s not a pandemic, but what could ...

The results immediately raised concerns about the safety of the U.S.' milk supply and the risk of infection for people ... with dairy cows. The situation is changing quickly. But here's what we know ...

Because of a lack of surveillance, the US ... “We should be spending on prevention,” Dr Pitesky said. Q: OK it’s not a pandemic, but what could happen to people who get this year’s H5N1 ...