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Apr. 17, 2025 — A vaccine under development has demonstrated complete protection in mice against a deadly variant of the virus that causes bird flu. The work focuses on the H5N1 variant known as ...

Here are 7 birds with the most vibrant beaks. The most iconic colourful beak in the bird world belongs to the Keel-Billed Toucan. Native to Central and South America, this bird’s bill is a mix ...

As the H5N1 bird flu virus mutates and rapidly spreads through American cattle herds — a first for the U.S. — doctors and veterinarians are fearful that if the virus is left unchecked ...

While people say that the window to a person’s soul is their eyes, bird people say that bird poop is the window to a bird’s health. And this couldn’t be more true. Poop may be a subject with which pet ...

Bird flu has been circling the globe for decades. So the discovery in 2024 that the deadly pathogen had jumped from a wild bird to a cow came as a shock to virus watchers. Now, in just over a year ...

Critics argue that the cuts will hamper the FDA's ability to respond to animal disease outbreaks, including bird flu, and protect public health. The Trump administration has fired Food and Drug ...

The continued outbreak of bird flu has resulted in the culling of more than 30 million poultry birds across nine states this year. That’s about 10 million more than the last quarter of 2024.

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 ...