The U.S. Department of Agriculture will fund research projects that explore the highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry, as well as novel vaccines and therapeutics to treat the bird flu ...

A USDA bird flu response plan, updated in May 2017 during Trump’s first administration, incorporated policy guidance based on lessons from influenza outbreaks during the Obama and first Trump ...

Some of the recent wild bird positives were sampled recently in a region where outbreaks were reported at Arizona layer farms ...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins' $1 billion plan for fighting bird flu will rely on money cut from programs meant to help schools and food banks support local farmers, according to two people ...

The Iowa awards were part of an announcement from the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, or APHIS, of $15.3 million for research that enhances preparedness, detection and response to ...

Bird flu cases are trending down, but it is typical for cases to ebb and flow based on wild bird movement, according to the USDA. The most recent case in the state was reported April 14 in Darke ...

Bird flu remains a low risk to humans, meaning any new vaccine for H5 influenza would go on the shelf unless and until it is needed. Several dozen human illnesses and one death from bird flu have ...

America’s egg producers are making record profits while receiving tens of millions of dollars from taxpayers via the USDA for bird-flu related culls, The Post has learned. Cal-Maine, the country ...

Bird flu outbreaks have forced tens of millions of chickens to be culled across nine states over the past year as more hotspots continue to emerge. So far, the Department of Agriculture has ...

Three USDA employees from the National Animal Health Laboratory Network accepted buyouts and will leave by April 30, potentially impacting bird flu monitoring. These departures come amid a push by ...

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