Summer is almost synonymous with state and county fairs — a time to enjoy the best food and agriculture your state has to offer — and interacting with cows, chickens, goats and other animals is a big ...

A second type of bird flu has been found in U.S. dairy cows for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on Wednesday. Until recently, all dairy herd detections in the U.S.

More than two years after H5N1 bird flu was first detected in U.S. dairy cattle, the virus has proven remarkably good at ...

Disease experts say vaccinating cattle could be the most important step to stop H5N1's advance across US farms.

The strain of bird flu that infected a Michigan dairy worker in May 2024 is capable of airborne transmission, according to new research from the CDC.

Since it was first detected in the United States in 2014, H5N1 avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, has jumped from wild birds to farm animals and then to people, causing more than 70 human ...

Kansas is suffering from the worst outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the country, with nearly 414,000 birds affected, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. HPAI, an umbrella ...