Health officials say the threat to humans remains low, but a lack of data and surveillance clouds the real risk that the H5N1 ...

The U.S. government has ordered testing of the nation's milk supply for bird flu to better understand and control the spread ...

A dangerous type of bird flu virus (called H5N1) continues to circulate among dairy cows in the US. The virus targets the ...

The USDA said that raw or unpasteurized milk from dairy farms and processors must be tested on request starting on December ...

The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that fragments of the bird flu virus had been detected in some samples of pasteurized milk in the U.S. While the agency maintains that the milk is safe to ...

Migrating wild birds are spreading the virus to domesticated flocks, increasing the risk of eventually seeing a human ...

Darlene Konkle, a state veterinarian with the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, said the current strain of the bird flu was detected in Wisconsin in 2022. Largely, the cases ...

Sales of raw milk appear to be on the rise, despite years of warnings about the health risks of drinking the unpasteurized products — and an outbreak of bird flu in dairy cows. Since March 25, when ...

It was a quiet summer for bird flu: Egg prices fell a bit, fewer sick poultry flocks were culled on farms, and officials took a breath. “It was lovely,” said Shauna Voss, the assistant director of the ...

The sudden decimation by bird flu of the world's largest seal has sent shockwaves through the scientific community, and the ...

The national milk supply must be tested for bird flu under a federal order announced Friday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Entities handling raw milk, such as bulk milk transporters or dairy ...