Bird flu may be a respiratory virus, but it still spreads through ground traffic. The shoes people wear every day could ...

If there was one thing we learned from COVID, it was the need for rapid, accurate, point-of-care testing to help contain the virus before it had spread silently to many others. It was years before ...

Bird flu infections have been rare among people, but the pathogen is evolving, which has scientists worried about a possible pandemic.

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In most of the United States, spring’s bird migration is in full swing. Thousands of species are trekking thousands of miles ...

Waterfowl and shorebirds are the natural hosts for avian influenza viruses, though it often doesn’t make them very sick. There is simply no way to limit the spread among wild birds or the spread ...

More than 100 federal scientists who track bird flu, including vaccine and food safety experts, have been laid off. This ...

Avian influenza infections in the US have been rising over the past year, but there’s no evidence so far that people can ...

Sue Bird is going for Olympic gold medal No. 6, but her first in an administrative role. Bird is expected to be named managing director for the U.S. women’s national basketball team for the ...

Genetic studies confirm that the virus is being introduced repeatedly from wild birds. Waterfowl and shorebirds are the natural hosts for avian influenza viruses, though it often doesn’t make them ...